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STRIATED PIGEON. 



ceous : the tip of the tail has a slender deep' grey 

 band : the belly, the abdomen, and the under tail- 

 coverts shaded with olive and grey-green : the 

 beak grey : the legs brown. 



The natives of the islands where this splendid 

 bird is found have given it a distinguishing name : 

 those of Tongataboo calling it Kurukuru^ by the 

 Otaheiteans it is called Oopa or Oopow, It is said 

 by Latham to be easily tamed, and that it lives on 

 the banana. 



STRIATED PIGEON. 

 (Columba Sinica.) 



Co.Jusca nigrO'Jasciata, ahdomine subsanguineo , remigibus nigris, 

 tectricibus alarum majoribus intermediis albis. 



Brown Pigeon, fasciated with black, the abdomen of a blood- 

 red tinge, the quills black, and the intermediate greater wing- 

 coverts white. 



Columba Sinica. Linn. Syst, Nat. I. 284. 28. — Gmel, Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 783. 28. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 608. 52. Temm. Pig. 

 Ind. 472. 



Turtur sinensis striatus. Briss. Orn. 1. 107. I6. 

 Tourterelle rayee de la Chine. Buff, Ois. 2, 556. 

 Colombe a ventre rouge. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 373. 

 Striated Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 650. 43. 



Found in China: ten inches and a half in length : 

 the beak bluish ash-colour : irides white : the top 

 of the head ash-colour : cheeks and sides of the 



