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COLLARED PIGEON. 



Columba armillaris. Temm. Pig. Ind. 447. 



Columba Picator. Lath, Ind. Orn. Sup. lix. 2. 



Colombe grivellee. Temm. Pig. pi, enl. 6. — Id. edit. Qvo. p. 9/. 



Pied Pigeon. Lath. Syn. Sup, II. 208. 5. 



Var. /3. viridi-nigricans, suhtus alba maculis nigris, vertice cinereo, 

 pone oculos macula triquetra rubra. 



Dusky green, beneath white, with black spots j the vertex cine- 

 reous ; behind the eyes a triangular red spot. 



Columba armillaris. /3. Temm. Pig. Ind. 447. 



Columba melanoleuca. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. lix. 1. 



Colombe Goad-gaug. Temm. Pig. edit. Qvo. p. 369* 



White-faced Pigeon. Lath. Syn. Sup. II, 268. 4. 



The Collared Pigeon is a native of New Hol- 

 land ; its length is about fifteen inches and a half : 

 the membrane at the base of the beak is of a rose- 

 colour : the principal colour of the upper parts of 

 the plumage, and the back of the neck, is of a 

 dark blue, and the same colour extends on both 

 sides of the neck to the breast : the forehead and 

 the throat are of a whitish grey : a kind of gorget 

 ornaments the sides of the neck, from the ears to 

 the breast: it is of a pure white below, except 

 that the sides of the body and near the vent are 

 spotted with black : the greater quills are of a 

 dull blue ; the whole of the outer webs margined 

 with brownish red: the four lateral tail-feathers 

 are terminated with white. 



The White-faced Pigeon of Latham appears to 

 be only a variety of this species ; it is of the same 

 size, with the face and sides of the head white, 

 with a triangular patch of black before each eye, 

 and a spot of crimson behind : the crown of the 

 head and occiput pale ash : the rest of the neck 



