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SEA PIGEON. 



(Columba littoralis.) 



Co. corpore albo,remigibus pnmoribus cauddque ad apicem nigris* 

 Pigeon, with a white body^ the primary quills and tail towards 



the apex black. 

 Columba littoralis. Temm. Pig. Ind, p, 448. 

 Columba alba. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. p. 780. — Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 



602. p. 34. 



Le Pigeon blanc mangeur de muscade. Sonner, Voy, Ind, \Qg. 

 pi. 103. 



Colombe marine. Temm. Pig. f am. second.pl. 7. — Id. edit. Svo. 

 P'99' 



White Nutmeg Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4, 638. 31. 

 Var. |3. remigibus cauddque toto albis. 

 With the quills and tail entirely white. 

 Columba littoralis var. Temm. Pig. Ind, p. 448, 



Length thirteen inches : the whole of the 

 plumage is of a pure white, with the exception 

 of the greater wing quills, which are wholly black ; 

 the smaller quills at their extremities are also 

 black for three-fourths of their length, and the 

 tips of the tail-feathers are likewise of that colour : 

 the feet and beak are of a livid hue ; as is a naked 

 space round the eyes, which are yellow. It some- 

 times occurs entirely white. 



It occurs in abundance in New Guinea and 

 Java; by the natives of the latter, it is distin- 



