PIGEON. 47 



59— BLUE-NAPED PIGEON. 



LENGTH sixteen inches. Bill red ; plumage in general cin- 

 namon-colour ; front to the middle of the crown pale rufous ; behind 

 blue ; from the eye to the nape pale cinnamon ; from eye to eye, 

 taking in the chin, white ; beneath this cinnamon ; the rest of the 

 under parts pale bluish white ; quills dusky ; edges of the greater 

 wing coverts gilded, and some of the ends green. 



Inhabits New South Wales, and there called Goadgang. 



60— PIED PIGEON. 



Columba picata, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lix, 



— — — — armillaris, Colombe grivelee, Temm.Pig.fol. pi. 6. Id. 8vo. i. p. 97. 



Pied Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 268. 



LENGTH sixteen inches. Bill and legs reddish ; the whole 

 face, beyond the eyes, white ; plumage in general above greenish 

 black, wholly surrounding the neck ; the rest of the under parts 

 white ; the black, besides passing round the neck, comes forward on 

 each side of the breast in an irregular manner, but does not meet in 

 front ; on the sides of the body, near the wings, quite to the vent, 

 marked with several black spots, but less numerous than in the last 

 described ; tail black, tipped with white. 



Inhabits New-Holland with the last, perhaps differing in sex, or 

 age; both of them seen at Port Jackson in December. 



A. — In the collection of Mr. Fraricillon was a Pigeon, which 

 seemed allied, if not the same; length eighteen inches. Bill pale 

 red ; plumage in general very dark slate-colour ; head and neck blue 



