GllE.\T CROWNED INDIAN PIGEON. - 
Edwards remarks, that Brlssoii has figured 
this bird : and,'' says he, " I am persuaded 
it was one of those very bird^ presented to the 
Princess of Orange ; for,^ he concludes his de- 
scription by saying, it was brought from the 
Isle of Banda, and presented to the Princess of 
Orange, who presented it to Mr. Reaumur. 
Which was," observes Edwards, I suppose, 
after it w^as dead ; as the colour of the eyes is 
not given, and the crest seems to be flattened 
in the carriage, according to his figure ; wdiicli 
see, in Brisson's Ornithology, vol. 1. tab. vi. 
fig. 1. p. 278. He calls it, Le Faisan Coronnee 
des Indes. I do notw'onder," says this candid 
writer, that Brisson places it among Phea- 
sants ; as he did not see it alive, to judge of 
it's genus from ii's manner of acting. The 
size of tlie bird determine'd him to place it with 
Pheasants, Sec. But IN'Ir. Loten has assured 
me, that it is properly a Pigeon ; and has all 
the action and voice of a Pigeon, in it's cooing, 
courting, and billing, with it's female. I must 
confess, I should never have looked for a Pi- 
geon in so large a bird, without such informa- 
tion." 
Buffoa 
