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SUPERB PIGEON. 

 (Columba superba.) 



Co. viridisj capite purpurea j cervice subrubicundd, collo cano, alee 

 spurm cingulo cctruleis, maculis ovatis ex ccerukscente nigris in 

 tectricibus alarum, abdomine tectricibusque subcauda albis. 



Green Pigeon, with the head purple^ the top reddish, the neck 

 hoary, the spurious wing with a blue stripe, the wing-co- 

 verts with ovate blue-black spots, the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white. 



Columba superba. Temm, Pig. Ind. 474. 



Colombe Poukiobou. Temm. Pig, (Svo.) p. 2/7. 



Nine inches and a half in length : the head is 

 adorned with a violet cap : the occiput and the 

 cheeks are of a delicate green : the nape is of 

 a reddish-brown : the shoulders, the back, the 

 greater and middle wing-coverts are of a brilliant 

 green, shaded with olivaceous tints : the wing- 

 coverts are adorned with ovate blue-black spots 

 towards their extremities : the bastard wing is of 

 a violet-blue : the secondary quills are black on 

 their interior webs, and of a deep green without ; 

 the whole of the feathers, as well as the coverts, 

 are slightly edged with yellowish : the quills are 

 blackish, bordered with yellowish- white : the tail 

 is composed of sixteen feathers, and is of an olive- 

 green at its origin, a beautiful green in the centre, 

 and tipped with white, shaded with greenish ; the 

 three lateral feathers on each side are black ; the 

 others are the same on their inner webs: the 



