CAMBAIAN PIGEON. 



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the back are of a grey-brown, terminated by a 

 band of a yellow ochre-colour : the great and 

 middle coverts, and the lesser ones towards the 

 body, are grey-brown ; the latter have their extre- 

 mities of a greyish-ash : the quills are dusky, varied 

 with greyish ; the lesser quills, the rump, and the 

 superior tail-coverts, and the four middle tail-fea- 

 thers, are of a grey-brown j the others are grey at 

 their base, with a dusky band in their middle ; the 

 three outer feathers of each side are terminated 

 with white : the under part of the tail is black, 

 with white towards the tip : the belly, the thighs, 

 the abdomen, and the under tail-coverts, are white: 

 the sides of the body are of a vinaceous grey tinge : 

 the small feathers on the eyelid are white : the 

 beak is black ; the eyes are red ; and the legs 

 yellow. 



Not uncommon in China, India, Batavia, and 

 other islands of the Indian Ocean : it is partial to 

 the skirts of deep forests : it is easily tamed. 



CAMBAIAN PIGEON. 

 (Columba Cambayensis.) 



Co. grisea suhtus alba, capite subvinaceo, collo subtus nigro rufo' 

 vario, rectricibus lateralibus nigro griseoque dimidiatis, tectri- 

 cibus alarum cinereo-griseis^ abdomine albo. 



Grey Pigeon, beneath white ; with the head subvinaceous j the 

 neck beneath black, varied with rufous 3 the lateral tail-fea- 



