PIGEON. 79 



quills black, edged with yellow ; tail deep grey, towards the middle 

 black, the end white ; the two middle feathers plain green ; the legs 

 dusky blue. Male and female much alike. 



Inhabits the Isle of Timor; also found at Batavia. 



100— AUSTRAL PIGEON. 



Columba Australis, Ind. Orn. ii. 604. Lin. Mmit. 1771. 526. Gm. Lin. i. 779. 

 Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis, Bris. i. 142. 1. 14. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 36. 

 Colombar Maitsou, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 3. Id. 8vo. i. p. 43. 



Pigeon ramier de Madagascar, Buf. ii. 540. PI. enl. 111. Sonnin. Buf. vii. 247. 

 Madagascar Pigeon, Gen. Syn.'w. 641. 35. Var. A. 



LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill ash-colour, with a 

 reddish cere; head, neck, breast, belly, and sides, olive green ; back, 

 rump, upper wing and tail coverts, the same, but deeper ; near the 

 bend of the wing a small, reddish purple spot; the quills blackish 

 above, ash-coloured beneath, the outer edges brimstone ; the greater 

 wing coverts tipped with the same ; lower part of the belly, and the 

 thighs, as the body, mixed with yellow and blackish ; under tail 

 coverts mixed rufous and yellowish white ; tail ash-colour, feathers 

 deeper at the base ; legs red, feathered to near the toes. 



Inhabits Madagascar, there called Founingo-maitsou ; food and 

 manners unknown. 



101— AROMATIC PIGEON. 



Columba aromatica, Ind. Orn. ii. 599. Gm. Lin. i. 778. Nat. Misc. 785. 



■ viridis Amboinensis, Bris. i. 145. t. 10. f. 2. Id. Svo. i. 37. 

 Pigeon verd d'Amboine, Buf. ii. 528. PI. enl. 163. 

 Colombar aromatique, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 5. Id. Svo. i. p. 50. 

 Aromatic Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 631. 



SIZE of a Turtle ; length ten inches and a half. Bill greenish ; 

 upper part of the head light grey, deeper behind ; the sides, throat, 



