although always vvcvt, the bird has the puwer of 

 stiil ftti*tli^r elfelrating and brngin^ tat &e 

 base ot Xh^ bUX t thi^iM^ me M^ iM i leet 

 stud legs speckled with black. 



Tlieso bird-; iidinljit the Eastoni Arclnpcbigo, 

 and the present specimens had been brought 



from ^ Mtmi ^ Vem^^ I at ttietkiria 

 two IMog^peliiai^s^ Whielilhad l»6eit|i]fil; brOi^^M 

 in a vc ssei from Amboyna ; but they were re- 

 garded a? a very delicate Inrd, and difHcnlt to 

 keep alive ; yet I observed, in a newspaper, 

 (April 15th, IS3'2,) that a pair of these birds had 



hsA been brought from iS ew Guinea. It 

 was til e monr?iful notes of this bird," as therein 

 stated, " tliat greatly alarmed the crew of the 

 Bougainville^ on landing at some of the Molucca 



tp6S5 of tlie human ^ecies. " It was further stated , 

 tliat they had been presented to the Surrey Eoi^ 

 logical (Tardrfis, by Ciiptain Underwood. 



** At Tomogny, ' says Captain Forrest, ** i 

 Iwught three of ^i^t ^a^waed pigeons, very 



call ttiem Miiluhiy and tlu^ Pjipiuis Manipi, My 

 ])i(reons o"vew tame, and eat Indian com called 

 Jiujgon. They strike hard with their wings, on 

 ^ hich k » %mi id born* One of the three 



