GREEN PrCEON. 



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under part of the tail is grey, tipped with white : 

 all the feathers of the neck are violet at their bases, 

 and towards their extremity grey ; which causes 

 that part to assume various shades according to 

 the light : the breast is adorned with a bluish 

 crescent : the belly and abdomen are white : the 

 sides are green, wath white spots : the under tail- 

 coverts are white at their origin, with oblong green 

 spots on their inner webs : the eyes, which are si- 

 tuated in a naked spot, ar ered : the beak is horn- 

 coloured: the feet are reddish. Native of Ota- 

 heite and other of the Society Islands. 



GREEN PIGEON. 

 (Columba viridis.) 



Co. cenea^ collo suhtus p?trpureo-violaceo, rectricibus lateralibus 

 apice sulphiireis. 



Brassy Pigeon, with the neck beneath of a purple violet, the 



lateral tail-feathers at the tip sulphureous. 

 Columba viridis. Linn. SysU Nat, 1. 283. p. 23. GmeL Syst. 



Nat. 1. 780. 23.— Lath. Ind. Orn.2.Qog. dS.— Temm. Pig. 



Ind. 472. . 



Turtur viridis amboinensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 152. 43. t. \5.f. 2. 

 Le Turvert. Buff. Ois. 2. 55. 



La Tourterelle a gorge pourpree d^Amboine. Biiff'. PI. Enl. 

 142. 



Colombe a gorge pourpree. Temm. Pig, (8uo.) 374. 

 Green Turtle. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. S53. 49. 



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