COLUMBIDiE. 



Sp. 4. Pt? maculatus. 



Columba maculata. Steph. v. xi. p, 46. — India ? 

 Sp. 5. Pt? viridis. 



Columba viridis. Steph. v, x\. p. 65. — Amboyna. 

 Sp. 6. Pt ? superbus. 



Columba superba. Steph. v. xi. 64. — Society Islands. 

 Sp. 7. Pt. melanocephalus. 



Columba melanocephala. Steph. v. xi. p. 55. — Java. 



GENUS CCLXXXI.— -COLUMBA Auctorum. PIGEON. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. x'l. p. 1. 



A. OrbitcB et tarsi plumosi, 

 A. Orbits and tarsi plumose. 



Sp. 1. Co. dilopha. Linn. Trans. (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 124. — 

 Temm, PI. 162. 



Co. capite bicristato, crista omteriore cinerea, occipitali rufd, 

 corpore cinereo-griseo, alls dorsoque saturatioribus, remigibus 

 rectricibusque atris. 



Pigeon with the head double crested, the anterior crest cinereous, 

 the occipital rufous ; the body ashy-grey ; the wings and back 

 deepest ; the quills and tail-feathers deep black. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length fifteen inches: 

 distinguished by a double crest : the first is on the 

 forehead in form of a sickle ; it arises at the base 

 of the beak, and is composed of compressed feathers 

 of an ashy-grey colour : the second arises on the 

 occiput \ it is tufted, composed of delicate feathers, 

 which are narrow at their base, but become broad at 

 the tip : the feathers of the side and of the breast 

 are doubly notched at their tips : nearly all the 

 plumage is of an ashy-grey, deepest on the wings 

 and back : the occipital crest is of a deep red, with 

 the base of all the feathers black : the quills and tail- 



