COLUMBID^E. 



27.5 



infono pogoniisque eMernis tectric 'nim caudce inferiorim flavis ; 



rectricibus duabus intcrmediis elongatis. 

 Vinago with the body above, the wings, flanks, thighs, and vent 



ashy-green ; the throat, breast, and upper belly green ; the 



lower belly and inner webs of the under tail-coverts yellow 5 



the two middle tail-feathers elongated. 

 Columba oxyura. Temm. PL Col. 240. 



Inhabits Java. Length thirteen inches : distin- 

 guished by the length of the two middle tail-feathers, 

 which are acute, and exceed the rest by about an 

 inch : the colours of the plumage are but little varied: 

 an ashy-green clothes all the upper parts, the wings, 

 flanks, thighs, and vent : the throat, breast, and belly 

 are clearer green : the lower belly and the region of 

 the vent are yellow or yellowish : the under tail- 

 coverts are yellow on their outer webs, and green on 

 their inner : the tail-feathers above for half their 

 length are deep ash, with a black band, and tipped 

 with clear ash ; the two middle feathers are entirely 

 brownish-ash, deeper at the tip than the base : be- 

 neath the feathers are black, tipped with clear ash : 

 the secondary wing-quills and the quills are plain 

 black, but the primaries have a slight ashy border : 

 the tarsi are clothed with green feathers ; the lower 

 part is naked and red ; as are the toes and the space 

 round the eyes : the beak is deep-blue at the base, 

 and of a leaden hue at the tip. 



Sp. 9. Tr. Capellei. 



Tr. capite, gula, uropygio, ventre^ lateribusque viridibus, viridi-. 

 cinereo maculatis; nucha, dorso, alisque Icete viridihus ; rectri- 

 cibus quatuor intermtdiisJla'VO'Viridibus; pectore plagd auran" 

 tio-Jiavd; (dis lined longitudinalijlavd. 



