OOLUMBINJi. 
15. C. rosacea (Temm.) PI. col. 578., Knip et Prev. Pig. t. 34. 
l6'. C. lacernulata (Temm.) PI. col. l64. 
17. C. Forsteri (Temm.) Knip et Prev. Pig. t. 48. 
18. C. cineracea (Temm.) PI. col. 563. 
19. C. metallica (Temm.) PI. col. 562. 
20. C. Mulleri (Temm.) PI col. 566. 
21. C. Kittlizii (Temm.) PI. col. (no plate). 
22. C. Zoece (Less.) Voy. de I'Uranie t. 39., Knip et Prev. Pig. 
t. 3. 
23. C. radiata (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de I'Astrol. t. 26., Knip et 
Prev. Pig. t. 29. 
24. C. rufigaster (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de I'Astrol. t. 27., Knip 
et Prev. Pig. t. 9. 
25. C gularis (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de I'Astrol. t. 29., Knip et 
Prev. Pig. t. 11. 
26. C. vitiensis (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de I'Astrol. t. 28. 
27. C. Elphinstoni (Sykes), Proc. Z. S. 1832. I49. 
28. C? madagascariensis (Gmel.) Temm. Pig. t. 17., Le Vaill. 
Ois. d'Afr. t. 266. — Columba phcenicura Wagl. 
29. C? auricular is (Temm.) Temm. Pig. t. 21. — Columba 
Temminckii Wagl. 
30. C. poliocephala G. 11. Gray. 
LOPHOLAIMUS.* 
Bill moderate, strong, much compressed on the sides, with the base of both mandibles swollen, and the 
apical half of the culmen arched and hooked at the tip ; the nostrils near the middle of the bill, and 
rather oblique. Wings very long, with the first two quills slightly graduated, and the third the longest. 
Tail long and slightly rounded. Tarsi shorter than the middle toe, and half-clothed with down. Toes 
long, the lateral ones equal ; the claws strong and curved. 
" It is exclusively," says Mr. Gould, " confined to the rich and luxuriant districts of the southern and eastern 
portions of Australia. So entirely arboreal are its habits, that I never once saw it descend to tlie ground, or even to 
the low shrub-like trees. It is strictly gregarious, often traversing the forests in flocks of many hundreds, in search of 
those trees most laden with Its favourite fruits ; upon discovering which the entu'e flock alights simultaneously, with a 
rushing noise, clinging to and bearing down the smaller twigs and branches with their weight, for grasping which their 
broad hand-like feet seem peculiarly fitted. It Is a bird of powerful flight, and usually flies at a consldei'able elevation, 
in flocks closely packed together." It feeds on the wild fig, and the large round berries of the cabbage palm. 
L. antarcticus (Shaw), Shaw's Zool. of N. Hell. pi. 5., Gould's B. of Austr. pi. — Columba dilopha Temm. PI. col. l62. 
Columba Linn.-\ 
Bill moderate, straight, the basal half of the culmen covered with a soft cartilaginous substance, the 
apical half hard, arched, and hooked to the tip, which is somewhat compressed ; the nostrils placed 
towards the middle of the bill, above which the skin is swollen. Wings moderate and pointed, with the 
first quill shorter than the second, which is the longest. Tail rather short, even, or rather rounded at 
its end. Tarsi very short and moderate. Toes moderate, and free at their base, with the lateral ones 
equal ; and the claws short, strong, and curved. 
These birds are scattered throughout the world ; they are generally seen in the summer months in pali's, and on the 
commencement of winter they congregate in flocks of various magnitudes. These flocks sometimes migrate during the 
summer to the more northern latitudes, and return to the genial parts on the approach of winter. Most of the species 
feed on the beech mast and acorns, &c., for which they seek the woods or trees that afford them the best supply ; and, 
when this kind of nourishment faUs them, they attack the cultivated fields. For this purpose, they take their way 
early in the morning from the woods where they had retired to roost for the night ; and, when satisfied, they fly to rest 
* This genus was established by Mr. Swainson, under the denomination of Lophorhynchus, in 1837 (Class. 0/ Birds, ii. 348.) ; but that 
name having been previously employed in ornithology, &c., it was changed to the above by me. 
■j" Estabhshed by Linnaeus in 1735, and it embraces Palumbu.s Kauj) (182.9). 
