COLUMBID^. 



coverts have a broad golden-red band at the tip : the 

 lateral tail-feathers are of a bright golden-red from 

 their base nearly to the tip ; this is succeeded by a 

 transverse black stripe, and the tip itself is clear red ; 

 the two middle feathers however want the black band, 

 and they are of an olive-red : the legs, which are 

 rather long, are of an olive-ash : the beak is ashy- 

 black. 



b. Pennis colli apicibus emarginatis. 



b. With the feathers of the neck notched at their tips. 



Sp. 24. Co. speciosa. Sieph.v. xi. p. 41. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 25. Co. miniata. Steph. v. xi. p. 42. — China. 



c. Remigibus apice bifidis. 



c. With the quills bifid at the tip. 



Sp. 26. Co. holosericeus. Steph. v. xi.p. 60. — Sandwich Islands* 



C. Orbitce plumosce ; tarsi nudi; caudd cuneata. 

 C. Orbits plumose ; tarsi naked ; tail wedged. 



Sp. 27. Columba lophotes. Temm. PI. Col. 142. 



Co. occipite crista elongatd crista, capite, collo antice, pectore 

 ventreque nigricante-cinereis ; nucha vinaced; pennis dorsi tec- 

 triciumque alarum minorum Jusco-cinereis, ad apice Jascid 

 transversd nigra, apicibus ipsis rtifescente-cinereis ; tectricibus 

 alarum majoribus apicibus viridibus; remigibus atro cinereo- 

 griseis, pogoniis eMernis macula purpured ornatis ; rectricibiis 

 elongatisy atris, viridi-vlolascenti nitentibus, apicibus albis. 



Pigeon with an elongated crest ; the crest, head, neck anteriorly, 

 breast and belly dusky-ash 5 the nape vinaceous; the feathers 

 of the back and lesser wing-coverts brown-ash, with a trans- 

 verse black bar towards the tips, the tips themselves ash- 

 coloured ; the greater coverts with green tips ; the quills deep 

 ashy-grey, with a purple spot on their outer webs 5 the tail- 

 feathers elongated, black, glossed with green and violet, with 

 white tips. 



V. XIV. P. I. 19 



