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tinged with ashy on their outer webs, and with their inner webs edged 

 with deep rufous at their bases, most conspicuous seen from below. 

 Inferior coverts of the wings dark rufous. Bill black; "irides lake- 

 red; eyelids carmine-red; feet lake-red" (Peale). Female, rather 

 lighter on the upper parts ; head and neck somewhat darker. 



Hab. — Feejee Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington. 



This beautiful Pigeon is more nearly related to Carpophaga cine- 

 racea (Temm. PI. Col. 563), than to any other species which has come 

 under our notice. It does not, however, resemble that species to such 

 an extent as to justify any suspicion of their identity, and the colors 

 of the present bird, especially the fine brown of the tail, are sufficiently 

 characteristic. Like the preceding two species, it properly belongs to 

 the typical genus Cariiophaga. 



Mr. Peale observes: 



" This species was usually found in lofty forest trees with dense 

 foliage, and bearing a fruit on wdiich it feeds. Its voice is quite pecu- 

 liar, consisting of a puffing blow, not unlike that uttered by a strutting 

 turkey, followed by a wlioo-iolioo, at short intervals, sounding like the 

 barking of a dog, for which reason we have given the specific name 

 latrans. The native name appears somewhat similar, maim being the 

 Feejee for bird, and moio, an imitation of its note. We did not see it 

 anywhere but in mountainous districts of the Feejee Islands." 



Dr. Pickering also mentions the peculiar note of this species : " by 

 which," he says, " I have repeatedly been deceived for a moment, mis- 

 taking it for the barking of a small dog." According to him, it is 

 common in the deep w^oods of the Feejees, and its note was heard in 

 some localities almost constantly. 



This is another of the large and handsome Pigeons, in the discovery 

 of which, the naturalists of the Exploring Expedition were peculiarly 

 successful and fortunate. These discoveries are not only intrinsically 

 of the highest interest, but afford an indication of the results to be 

 obtained from the zoological exploration of the many islands in the 

 Pacific Ocean, a portion only of which have as yet been investigated 

 with that degree of attention which they deserve, by the naturalists 

 of the present and a few other Expeditions. There is no more inte- 

 resting zoological, and especially ornithological region in the world, 



