GREY PIGEON. 



to vary, having been found entirely white; and 

 also with the plumage varied with grey and black ; 

 the last most probably are only young birds : it is 

 found in many of the islands of the Pacific ocean. 



GREY PIGEON. 

 (Columba Corensis.) 



Co. corpore supra et subtus griseo Jitsco, capite, collo, guldy pec- 

 toreque purpureo-vinaceiSf pennis colli injeriorihus variante luce, 

 quasi squamosiSf remigibus rectricibusque griseo Juscis. 



Pigeon, with the body above and beneath grey-brown ; the 

 head, neck, throat and breast purplish-red : the inferior 

 feathers of the neck varying with the light, and as if scaled 3 

 quills and tail-feathers of a grey-brown. 



Columba Corensis. Jacq. Beyt. p,3\. No, 35. — Gmeh Syst. 

 Nat. 1. yS3.— 'Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 605. AQ.—Temnu Pig. Ind, 

 461. 



Colombe a nuque ecaill^e. Temm. Pig. {8vo.) p. 211. 

 Grey Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 1. 201 . 60. a. 



Fourteen inches and a half in length : the 

 under parts of the body, the back, and the greater 

 and middle wing-coverts are of a grey- brown : the 

 fore part of the neck and the breast are of a pur- 

 plish-red tinge; which colour is expanded over 

 the head : the nape is adorned with rich scale-like 

 feathers, varying according to the position of the 

 light to violet, purple and green, with a hue of 

 ehesnut ; there is also a stripe of this colour on 



