MAUGEIAN PIGEON. 



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Pigeon with the forehead and throat dusky ; the neck, breast, 

 and sides, undulated with black and white j the two middle 

 tail-feathers brown, the rest black, with white towards their 

 tips. 



Columba Maugei. Temm. Pig, Ind. p. 4Q0. 

 Colombe Maug^. Temm. Pig. (Svo.) p. 363. 



The total length of this bird is ten inches ; the 

 body is not much larger than that of the Starling : 

 the tail is very long, and is composed of twelve 

 feathers, and is greatly cuneiform ; the outer fea- 

 thers are not much above half the length of the 

 middle ones : the forehead, and the throat, are of 

 a greyish lead-colour : the fore-part of the neck, 

 the breast, the sides, and the belly, are striped 

 with regular alternate bands of white and black : 

 the back is of a grey-brown, with many irregular 

 deeper spots : the two middle tail-feathers are of 

 a grey-brown throughout their whole length ; the 

 lateral ones are black, terminated with white : the 

 beak and legs are black. 



Native of the islands of Southern Asia, dis- 

 covered there by Mons. Mauge, and named after 

 that zealous but unfortunate naturalist, by Tem- 

 minck : its manners are unknown. 



