62 PIGEON. 



E.— Columba Indica, Jacquin, Vog. 35. t. 16. Lid. Orn.'u. 598. 16. #. 

 Green-winged Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. 198. 



This, Jacquin tells us, has the quills and tail green ; wing coverts 

 violet ; rump and vent blue. 



73.— JAMBOO PIGEON. 



Columba jambos, Ind. Orn. ii. 598. Gm. Lin. i. 784. 



Pooni Jamboo, Marsd. Sumat. p. 84. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 31G. 



Colombe Jamboo, Sonnin. Buf. vii. p. 265. Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 27. 18. — male and 



female. Id. 8vo. i. p. 257. 

 Jamboo Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 627. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill yellow; round the eyes 

 a naked yellowish space ; irides orange ; fore part of the head deep 

 pink, in some crimson ; back, wings, and tail, green ; breast and 

 crop white ; down the middle of the chin and throat a black streak ; 

 on the front of the breast a light shade of pink ; the white of the 

 breast is continued in a narrow streak, having green on one side and 

 pink on the other, half round the eye, which is large and yellow. 



In one specimen the whole face is fine pink-colour; chin brown; 

 end of the tail yellowish white, beneath it black ; vent brown ; the 

 forepart of the neck brown; on the breast a reddish tinge; legs 

 feathered nearly to the toes, and red. 



Inhabits the Isle of Java, and feeds on the berries of the Rum- 

 pooni, but will freely live on boiled rice and padda. One was brought 

 from China by Sir George Staunton. The female has the fore part 

 of the head dull purplish pink ; the rest of the head and neck green ; 

 whereas, in the male, the fore part of the neck and breast are white. 

 It is said to vary at different ages ; when young it is almost entirely 



