106 PIGEON. 



Inhabits the East Indies and China, called in the latter, Fowat ; 

 frequent at Malacca, as well as in the Island of St. Helena. This 

 and the two last, according to M. Temminck, form only one and 

 the same species. 



133.— MAUGE PIGEON. 



Columba Maugei, Colombe Mauge, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 52. Id. 8vo. i. p. 363. 



A TRIFLE larger than the Malacca Species ; ten inches. Bill 

 black ; top of the head light grey ; nape chestnut ; back and wings 

 pale reddish brown, the fringes of the feathers pale; quills deeper; 

 sides of the jaw, under the eye, deeper ash grey ; neck and under 

 parts dusky white ; the feathers of the former margined with dusky, 

 and of the latter with brown; tail very cuneiform, consisting of twelve 

 feathers, the eight middle ones nearly even, and the two outer 

 scarcely more than half their length ; the two middle like the quills, 

 the others black, with the ends white ; legs black. 



Inhabits South Asia ; at first sight is like the Malacca Species, 

 but on comparison, is certainly a distinct bird ; besides other things, 

 differing much in the tail ; as in the Malacca, it is equally graduated; 

 but in the present one, eight of the feathers are nearly of one length, 

 and only the two outer shortest. 



134.— CRESTED PIGEON. 



SIZE a trifle larger than the Common Turtle ; length, including 

 the tail, fifteen inches. Bill black ; irides yellow ; head, neck, and 

 beneath the body, pale dove-colour; round the eye bare, and reddish; 

 neck behind, middle of the back, and lower part of the breast rufous 

 dove-colour, or brownish buff"; at the nape several elongated, narrow, 



