286 



COLUMBIDiE. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. Length nearly- 

 one foot : the head and cheeks are of a vinaceous- 

 ash : the nape is vinaceous, as are also the fore part 

 of the neck and the breast ; this colour gradually 

 changes on the flanks and the belly to a whitish hue ; 

 and the vent, and between the legs, with the under 

 tail-coverts are nearly white : the neck is adorned 

 with several irregular dusky-ash feathers, which are 

 tipped with a deep metallic-green zone : the back, 

 scapulars, and the greater wing-coverts are of an 

 ashy-grey-brown : all the middle tail-feathers are 

 also of this colour, but of a deeper tint ; but the 

 outer one is dusky on the inner webs, and white on 

 the outer webs at the tip : the beak is brown, and 

 the legs red. 



Sp. 19. Co. senea. Steph. v. xi. ^9. 21. — Moluccas, &c. 



Sp. 20. Columba perspicillata. Temm. PI. Col. 246. 



Co, capite malis nuchdque atro-cinereis, fronte Jascid albdj collo 

 injimo, dorso alisque viridibiis cyaneo-metallico nitentibus, la- 

 teribus colli cinereis rejleocu ceneo, corpore infra pallide cinereo, 

 circuld circum oculos alba. 



Pigeon with the head, cheeks, and nape, deep-ash 3 the forehead 

 with a white band ; the lower neck, back, and wings, green, 

 glossed with metallic-blue ; the sides of the neck ash-coloured, 

 with a brassy gloss ; the body beneath pale-ash j a white circle 

 round the eyes. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. Length eighteen 

 inches : allied to Columba a^nea, from which it is 

 readily distinguished by the mandibles of its beak, 

 and a large circle of feathers round the eyes being 

 white, as well as by its size : the head, cheek, and 

 nape are very deep ash : the forehead has a white 



