82 PIGEON. 



itself is white ; tail rounded, the two middle feathers green, the others 

 dark ash-colour, with a bar of black about three quarters of an inch 

 from the end ; legs red. 



One, supposed to be a female, had the back and shoulders green, 

 and the under tail coverts white, as well as the vent. 



Inhabits the Island of Tanna, in the South Seas. M. Temminck 

 supposes this to be allied to the Aromatic Pigeon, differing only in 

 having a black band near the end of the tail. Said to be found in 

 Sumatra, and there called Poonai Ubar. 



104— TANNA PIGEON. 



Columba Tannensis, Ind. Om. ii. 600. Gen. Syn. iv. 632. 23. — last paragraph. 



LENGTH eleven inches. The bill hooked, but less so than in 

 the former ; round the eye bluish ; general colour of the plumage 

 green; lesser wing coverts spotted with white; ends of the second 

 quills yellow on the outer webs ; end of the tail very pale ; vent and 

 under tail coverts yellow, the latter mixed with green ; legs dusky 

 red. — Found with the last, of which it may be a Variety, or young 

 bird. 



105.— BALD PIGEON. 



Columba calva, Colombar a front nud, Tern. Pig.Jbl. p. 36. pi. 7. Id. 8vo. i. p. 63. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill stout, end of both mandibles 

 bent, and silvery horn-colour at the base, where it is bald as in the 

 Coot, and orange-coloured; head, neck, and all beneath, pale green, 

 inclining to cinereous grey on the back ; bend of the wing deep 

 violet; quills black, the secondaries edged with yellow; the two 

 middle tail feathers green, the others light grey for three-fourths of 

 the length, then deeper, and lastly light grey at the ends; under 



