COLUMBIDiE. 



Sp. 1. Pt. purpuratus. Zool. Journ. (Swain.) v. i. p. 473, — Co- 

 Jumba purpurata. Steph . v. xi. p. 06? — Temm. PL Col. 254 ? 

 — Timor. 



Sp. 2. Pt. monachus. 



Pt. viridis f route j vertice^regione iorium pectorisque medio azureis, 

 supei'ciliisy Jascid occipite circumdata, mento, gula^ crisso, tec- 

 tricibusque inferioribus caudce jlavis^ rectricibus cinereis, externi 

 apice maculd cceruleo-viridi. 



Green Ptilinopus, with the forehead, crown, region of the lores, 

 and middle of the breast azure ; the eyebrows, a band sur- 

 rounding the occiput, the chin, throat, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts yellow; the tail-feathers cinereous; the lateral ones 

 with a blue-green spot at the tip. 



Columba Monacha, Reinw, — Termn. PL CoL 253. 



Inhabits the Island of Celebes. Length seven 

 inches : the forehead, top of the head, the region of 

 the lores, and the middle of the thoracic region, are 

 covered by feathers of a very beautiful azure tint : a 

 yellow band passes above the eyes and surrounds 

 the occiput : the chin, throat, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts are yellow : the rest of the plumage is fer- 

 ruginous, with a straight border to the edge of the 

 quills : the tail-feathers are ash-coloured on their 

 inner web^, with a deep bluish-green spot towards 

 the tips of the lateral ones, which only appears when 

 the tail is extended : the legs are red. 



Sp. 3. Pt porphyreus. 



Pt } capite, collo, pectoreque supremo purpureis ; torque jjcctorali 

 nlbd; nuchd Jascia transversa rosacea; dorso, alisy rectrici- 

 busque duabus intermediis viridibus ; pectore injimo viridi- 

 nigro; ventre medio, hypochondriisque viridi-cinereis ; crisso 

 fiavo • rectricibus lateralibus viridibus, apicibus cinerascentibus. 



Ptilinopus ? with the head, neck, and upper breast purple ; a 

 white pectoral collar ; the nape with 11 rosy transverse bar ; 



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