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AROMATIC VINAGO. 



have a black band across them ; and in the second, 

 this bird is said to measure only seven inches and 

 a half in length : but in a notice of a supposed 

 variety, mention is made of one being eleven 

 inches long, so that it is probable Dr. Latham has 

 committed some mistake in respect to one or 

 other of the numbers ; or else the bird varies 

 exceedingly in size. 



Latham's Pompadour Pigeon is also a variety of 

 this species, differing only in having the cheeks 

 and throat yellow : the yellow-faced is the female 

 of the above ; it has the back and wing-coverts 

 greenish. 



Still further varieties are described by Tem- 

 minck : one has the whole of the back of a pur- 

 plish brown, and the whole of the under parts 

 grey : another has the head, the neck, and the 

 breast of a reddish cinnamon- colour : the top of 

 the back and the wing-coverts similar to the first : 

 the belly and the rump are of a grey-blue : the 

 thighs are yellow, as are the edges of the whole of 

 the greater coverts of the wings : the middle tail- 

 coverts, and the inner webs of the lateral ones, are 

 green : the tail is black beneath, all the feathers 

 tipped with white. 



This species is common in the isle of Java, in 

 Tanna, Ceylon, and the adjacent islands ; also on 

 the Indian continent : it delights in the fruit of 

 the ficus religiosus, and generally frequents the 

 borders of great woods. 



