COLUMBID.E. 



Inhabits New Holland. About ten inches in 

 length : the face, cheeks, throat, and breast are bluish- 

 ash : the rest of the under parts vinaceous-white, 

 deeper on the flanks than on the belly : the vent and 

 under tail-coverts are pure white : the occiput, back, 

 rump, and all the wing-coverts are ashy brown, with 

 a transverse black band at the tip of each feather : on 

 the nape is a broad rufous-orange collar, but all the 

 feathers are tipped with black : the tail is broad at its 

 base, long and wedged : the lateral feathers are of a 

 purple-brown or vinaceous hue, and tipped with pure 

 white ; the two middle feathers are the colour of the 

 back, and are not tipped with white : the quills are 

 brown, with their inner webs deep red : the space 

 round the eyes is naked and reddish : the beak is 

 bluish-yellow, and the legs are yellow. 



Sp. 38. Co. rubricapilla. Steph. v. x\. p. 11, — Panay Isles. 

 Sp. 39. Co. Guinea. Steph. v. xi. p. 10. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 40. Co. Madagascariensis. Steph. v. xi, p. 9. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 41. Co. ^gyptiaca. Steph. v. \i. p. S. — Egypt. 

 Sp. 42. Co. gymnoplithalma. Steph. v. I], p. 6. — India. 



Sp. 43. Columba magnifica. Linn. Trans. {Temm.) v. xiii.^. 125. 

 Te7nm, PI. Col 163. 



Co. supra Icete aureo-viridis ; tectricibus alarum Jiavo macula tis^^s 

 capite, malis nuchdque ci nereis ; remigibiis secundariis rectri' : 

 cibiisqve atro-viridibus ; gida, collo antice, pectoreque supretno . 

 purpureo-violasceniibus; pectore injimo ventreque smaragdino- . 

 viridibus ; abdomine, Jemoribus^ tectricibusque caudcB inferio- 

 ribus ochraceis. ; 



Pigeon above fine golden-green; with the wing- coverts spotted ; 

 with yellow ; the head, cheeks, and nape ash-coloured ; thei 

 secondary quills and tail-feathers deep changeable green ; thei 

 throat, neck anteriorly, and upper breast violet-purple ; lower 



