44 PIGEON. 



general colour of the plumage inclines to blue. It is compared to 

 that described by Brisson, but the belly is not white, nor has it any 

 black bar across the tail, which being wedge-shaped, proves it not 

 to be the same bird. 



Found in all the woods of the Caribbee Islands ; is pretty tame, 

 but never sufficiently so to be at large, though it will lay eggs when 

 confined in a cage. It is so much esteemed for food, that each bird 

 sells for a dollar. 



53.— FERRUGINOUS-VENTED PIGEON. 



Columba pacifiea, Ind. Orn. ii. 600. Gnu Lin. i. 777. 



cristata, Colombe-Largup, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 9. Id. Svo. i. p. 108. 



Ferruginous-vented Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 633. 



LENGTH thirteen inches or more. Bill black ; nostrils gibbous; 

 upper parts of the body brown, with a green gloss ; breast reddish 

 buff, with a vinaceous, metalline tinge ; belly ash-colour, inclining 

 to brown down the middle ; vent and under tail coverts deep ferru- 

 ginous ; quills dark brown, edged with greenish brown ; tail five 

 inches long, black, with a greenish gloss; legs red, in some dusky. 

 Inhabits the Friendly Isles, in the South Seas. 



A.— Ind. Orn. ii. 600. 27. /3. 



In this the head, neck, breast, and belly, are whitish ; back, 

 wing coverts and tail pale green ; base of the bill very much en- 

 larged into a knob ; round the eyes bare, and dusky red. 



Inhabits the Islands of Otaheite and Tongo taboo. — In the 

 figure given by M. Temminck, the feathers are elongated, forming a 

 crest ; head, neck, and under parts light grey; darkest on the belly ; 

 beneath the eye a yellowish oker patch, reaching to the ears ; chin 

 pale ; quills ferruginous red ; back reddish chestnut. 



