PIGEON. 71 



pale green ; neck behind pale rufous brown ; back, wings, and tail, 

 green, consisting of sixteen feathers, the ends grey ; under parts 

 from chin to vent white, crossed on the breast with a broad band of 

 deep blue ; the bend of the wing is also blue ; legs reddish. 



Said to have been brought from Otaheite, having a label tied to 

 it with the word Poukiobou, supposed to be the name of the bird. 



88— GARNET-WINGED PIGEON. 



Columba erythroptera, Ind. Om. ii. 597. Gm. Lin. i. 778. 

 Colombe erythroptere, Temm.Pig.fol. pi. 55. Id. 8vo. i. p. 273. 

 Pigeon a ailes rouges, Sonnin. Bvf. vii. 223. 

 Garnet-winged Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 624. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch, dusky yellow, in some black ; forehead white, passing in a 

 streak over the eye, almost to the hindhead ; which, as well as the 

 nape is black ; the lower part of the neck behind, the shoulders, and 

 wing coverts, are of a beautiful deep garnet-colour ; back, between 

 the wings, quills, tail, lower part of the breast, belly, and vent, 

 black; tail two inches and a half long, even at the end; the base 

 half greyish ash-colour, the end half black, beneath pale dusky ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits the Isle of Eimeo. 



A. — Columba erythroptera, Ind. Om. ii. 598. 15. /3. 



This is about one inch longer. Forehead, throat, fore part of the 

 neck and breast, white ; hind part -of the neck dusky ; over the eye 

 a ferruginous streak, passing a little down on each side of the neck ; 

 back dusky black ; belly dusky ; shoulders and wing coverts as in 

 the other; quills and tail blackish. 



Inhabits Otaheite. 



