PAINTED PIGEON. 



85 



Columba brunnea. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 603. 38. Temm> Pig» 

 Ind. 475. 



Colombe bruvert. Temm, Pig. {8vo.) p. 3^5. 

 Brown Pigeon. Lath, Gen. Syn. Sup. II. 267. 2. 



Inhabits New Zealand. The beak and legs in 

 this species are of a blood-red : the crown, upper 

 part of the neck, back, and wing- coverts, red- 

 brown : breast, fore-part of the neck, and rump, 

 glossy green. 



PAINTED PIGEON. 

 (Columba picturata.) 



Co. capite cam, pennis emarginatis in origine nigris, Jusco alheS' 

 cente terminatis in lateribus collo ; dorso tectricibusque alarum 

 purpuratis ; pennis cauda lateralihus nigrescente canis, medio 

 nigris alboque terminatis. 



Pigeon with the head hoary, the feathers marginated, and black 

 at their bases, on the sides of the neck ending in brownish- 

 white 3 the back and wing-coverts purple ; the lateral tail-fea- 

 thers of a dusky grey, the middle black, tipped with white. 



Columba picturata. Temm. Pig, Ind. p. 480. 



Colombe peinte. Temm. Pig. (8vo,) p. 315. 



Eleven inches and a quarter in length : the 

 tail is elongated, and somewhat rounded: the 

 head, the throat, and the upper parts of the neck, 

 are of a greyish-ash : the under part of the neck. 



