COLUMBID^. 



Inhabits the interior of New Holland. Length 

 twelve inches : all the head, the fore part of the 

 neck, the breast, and the belly are ashy-grey : on 

 the occiput is a singular elongated crest, somewhat 

 resembling that of the Lapwing ; this is of a dusky- 

 ash : the nape is of a vinaceous-ash : the feathers of 

 the back and of the lesser wing-coverts are ashy- 

 brown ; with a transverse black bar near their tip, 

 and the tip itself reddish-ash : the greater wing- 

 coverts are tipped with a large plate of brilliant me- 

 tallic-green, delicately edged with pure white : the 

 secondary feathers and quills are deep ashy-grey, 

 with a large spot of brilliant metallic-purple on the 

 outer webs of the latter, which are also bordered 

 with white : the tail-feathers are deep-black with 

 green and violet reflections, and white tips : the 

 beak is small and black : the legs are red. 



Sp. 28. Columba phasianella. Linn. Trans. {Temm.) v. xiii. 

 p. l29'"''Temm. PI. Col. 100. — Columba Amboinensis. Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. v. ii. p. 74; young, 



Co. riifo-fusca, laterihus colli purpurea viridique nitentibiis, ?iuchd 

 ^fasciis riifis et fuscis transversim ornata; guld rufd; corpore infra 

 purpureo-Jusco, lineis nigris transversis ; caudd longissima; 

 rectrice exterior e rufo, medio fascia nigra. 



Red Pigeon, with the sides of the neck glossed with purple and 

 green, nape transversely adorned with red and brown bands ; 

 the throat rufous; the body beneath purple-brown, with trans- 

 verse black lines ; tail very long; the outer feathers red, with a 

 black bar in the middle. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length fourteen inches 

 and a half: the upper parts of the plumage are dull 

 reddish-brown, being of a marron hue on the top 

 of the head, and tinged with green and purple re- 



