PIGEON. 81 



102 —SAINT THOMAS'S PIGEON. 



Columba St. Thornse, Ind. Om. ii. 600. Bris. i. 147. Id. 8vo; i. 38. Klein, 119. 11. 



Gm. Lin. i. 778. Raii, 62. 7. Will. 134. Id. Engl. 183. 

 Columba militaris, Colombar Commandeur, Temm.Pig.fol. pi. 1. &2. Id. 8vo. i. 39. 

 St. Thomas's Pigeon, Ge«. Syn. iv. 631. 



THIS is a large Species, being twelve inches long. Bill grey ; 

 the whole head to below the ears bluish grey; plumage in general 

 above light green ; breast fine yellow, passing to the hind part of 

 the neck ; from the breast to the vent light purplish grey ; thighs 

 pale yellow ; at the bend of the wing brownish purple ; greater 

 coverts and quills black, edged with yellow; tail half green, half 

 grey, but the two middle feathers wholly green ; under coverts pale 

 purplish red, with yellowish margins ; legs red. 



The female is less bright in colour, the breast not yellow, but of 

 the same colour as the common plumage; in other things not unlike 

 the male. 



Inhabits the Isle of St. Thomas. — M. Temminck adds, India, 

 but not any particular part. 



103— HOOK-BILLED PIGEON.— Pl. cxviii. 



Columba curvirostra, Ind. Om. ii. 600. Gm. Lin. i. 777. Lin. Trans, xiii. 318. 

 Hook-billed Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 632. pl. 59. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill sharply carinated at 

 top, and much incurvated at the end, the base red ; the rest yellow ; 

 about the eyes a naked, bright, glaucous-coloured space ; general 

 colour of the bird green, yellowish beneath ; on the wings two 

 yellow bars; some of the coverts and secondaries having yellow 

 ends ; back and shoulders fine reddish chestnut, the outer part of 

 the thighs ash-colour ; under tail coverts ferruginous ; but the vent 



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