BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 



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dusky : upper part of the body and wings pale 

 green : some of the inner quills ferruginous : under 

 parts from the breast white : sides of the latter 

 black, and of the body spotted with that colour : 

 called Goad-gang by the natives of New Holland. 



BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 

 (Columba chalcoptera.) 



Co. fusco-cinerea rvfo-marginatajfronte gulaque albis, fascia ala- 

 rum cupreo-aurea bifida^ rectricum ad apicem nigra. 



Grey-brown Pigeon, with rufous margins ; the forehead and 

 throat white ; a bifid golden-copper fascia on the wing ; and 

 the tips of the tail-feathers black. 



Columba chalcoptera. Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 6'04. 39- — Temm, Pig. 

 Ind. 448. 



Colonibe Lumachelle. Temm. Pig. f am, seconde, pi, enl. 8. — Id, 

 edit. Qvo, 103. 



Bronze-winged Pigeon. PhilL Bot. Bay, f, l62. — Whitens Jour- 

 nal., 'p. 146. — Lath. Syn. Sup, 11, 266. 1. 



The male of this species measures fifteen inches 

 and a half in length : its forehead is of a pure 

 white, with slight tinges of rose ; this colour be- 

 comes violaceous as it approaches the occiput, and 

 forms a dark stripe through the eyes : the nostrils 

 are covered with small white feathers : the pre- 

 vailing colour of the plumage is of an ashy-brown, 

 each feather bordered with a yellow line: the 

 greater wing-coverts have a brilliant spot towards 



V. xr. p. I. 9. 



