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JAMBOO PIGEON. 

 (Columba Jamboo.) 



Co. viridis, capite rubra, gyld nigra pectore abdomineque albo, 

 fascia pectorali romcea. Femina^ corpore collo pectoreque vi' 

 ridtbuSjJronte guldque fuscis, abdomine albido. 



Green Pigeon, with the head red, the throat black, the breast 

 and abdomen white, and a rosy band on the breast. Female, 

 with the body, neck, and breast, greenish^ the forehead and 

 throat brown, and the abdormen white. 



Columba Jamboo. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 784. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 598. 18.— Temm. Pig. Ind. 46g. 



Colombe Jamboo. Temm. Pig, (Svo.) 257. 



Pooni Jamboo. Maiind. Sumat. p. 84. 



Jamboo Pigeon. Lath. Geu. Syn. 4. p. Q27. \6. 



The Jamboo Pigeon received its name from the 

 colour of the fore-part of the head and cheeks, 

 which resembles that of the blossom of the Jam- 

 boo : it is a very elegant bird, and measures about 

 nine inches and a half in length : the whole of 

 the head and cheeks are of a fine carnation hue : 

 the throat is marked with a longitudinal stripe of 

 black : on the breast is a kind of shield of an oval 

 form, and rosy in colour : the whole of the under 

 parts of the body are of a fine deep green tinge : 

 the inferior parts are white : the upper part of the 

 tail is black ; the whole of the feathers terminated 

 with white ; the under coverts are of a brown 

 colour : the feet are red, and the claws yellow. 



The female differs a little from the male in the 

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