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on tribe J the fbllowing species may be enumera- 

 ted; Coiumha Mkit, or Green winged pi;^eoiii»»- 

 Columtavirklk, or Green tmWe^ColumhaliMacA 

 cemi.% or Malacc?! X\\n\^^Cnlumba imiur, or tur- 

 tle ^ovt~-Columhavernam,OY Green pigeon^Co- 

 lumha mtea. or Nutmeg pigeon-^ C^iW^" ,7^;^^,;, or 

 Lesser crowned pigeon— CoIm,tl*a migralona, or 

 Passenger pigeon-^Colimhaiaca^nukiM-^Coiumba 

 siriaUi, Barred turtle, and Coiumbajambu, or Jam- 

 hu pigeon, which is a reinar kahly handsome bird 

 with a blossoai colored head of the hueofthejViw^ 

 bu fruit, whence its name. 



There are severaLspecies of parrots indigenous 

 to the Peninsula, but the most heautilal varieties 

 of Lories and Cockatoos are imported fron* Java 

 and the Moluccas. The native ones are the PsU^ 

 tacus Malacccmis, or Malacca parrot— the Pma- 

 cm galguiux, or Sapphire parrot, which suspends 

 Jtself byoue foot when it :slceps— the P.sittaaiM 

 purpuralus, or Purple railed parrot, and tijc Psif^ 

 tacas ejyt/trocephalas, or Blossom headed parro- 

 quet. 



The Rupkvla vu i^i,^, of Temmiock, or the Caij/p- 

 iomcna of Raffles, is distinguished by the vivid 

 and glossy green of its plumage, heightened as it 

 IS by the contrast of three broad black bands. 

 —The Trogon fascisius, or Fasciated curucui 

 —the Paradhm ngia, or King bird of Paradise 

 —the Neciafinea Jamnka, or Javjin hamming 

 bird, and a very minute species, which 1 shali 

 distinguish by the name of Nectarinea ignita, 

 orFirebackedhumininijf bird— This beautiful little 

 thing is ojily two inches long--cheek,sblack-^chio 

 and beneath white-^cresl, back, and tail^rpverts. 



