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BLACK-RINGED PIGEON. 



arrangement of the colours: the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body and the breast are of an 

 uniform greenish tinge : the shield on the latter 

 is of a brown-green : the throat is brown ; the 

 belly and the rump are of a whitish-grey : the 

 flanks of the body are varied with spots more or 

 less green : the tail beneath is dusky, and the 

 whole of its feathers are tipped with greyish. 



This seems to be a scarce species, not ap- 

 pearing to be much known to collectors of birds. 

 It is found in Sumatra : its favourite food is the 

 berries of the Rumpooni : but in a state of cap- 

 tivity it will feed upon boiled rice. 



BLACK-RINGED PIGEON. 

 (Columba cincta.) 



Co. capite collo pectoreque Jlavescente-albo, cingulo atro pectus cin^ 

 gente, dor so alisque nigricantihus, ventre, cruribus abdomineque 

 jiwois, Cauda cano terminata. 



Pigeon with the head, neck, and breast of a yellowish- white ; 

 the breast encircled with a dark ring ^ the back and wings 

 dusky J the belly, thighs, and abdomen yellow j the tail 

 tipped with hoary. 



Columba cincta. Temm. Pig, Ind, p, 466. 



Colombe a cinturon noir. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 243. 



Length thirteen inches : a kind of white hood 

 covers the whole of the head and the top of the 



