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GREY-HEADED PIGEON. 



back and the whole of the wing-coverts green- 

 gold, glossed with copper, according to the po- 

 sition with respect to the light ; some of the lesser 

 coverts have their feathers tipped with white, 

 giving an agreeable change to the plumage : the 

 lower part of the back, the rump, and the upper 

 tail-coverts are ash-coloured : the belly, the thighs, 

 and the feathers beneath the tail are brown, with 

 a slight tinge of red : the under tail-coverts are 

 reddish-brown : the wing-quills are of a deep 

 brown ; on their inner webs inclining to red : 

 those of the tail are black, except the two outer 

 ones on each side, which are ash-coloured, and 

 tipped with black : the tail is rather short : the 

 beak is reddish, the membrane at the base bluish: 

 the feet are red, and the claws clear brown. 



This species is subject to slight variations in its 

 plumage, being found with the whole of the head 

 of a dusky colour, and the plumage generally of a 

 dingy cast : the breast and the neck of a reddish- 

 brown. 



Inhabits the whole of the islands in the Indian 

 ocean, and many parts of the south of Asia, espe- 

 cially Ceylon ; it is also in great abundance in 

 Java and Sumatra, frequenting the vast forests of 

 those places. Sonnerat observed it in the islands 

 of Panay and Antigua. The Chinese give it the 

 name of Yaupaun: the Javanese that of Bouron 

 Glimonhane, 



