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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
PLATE 111 
BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 
1. Rose-crowned Pigeon Ptilinopus euringi Gould 
Ptil-in-o-pus— Gk, ptilon, feather; Gk, pus ( pous ), podos, foot: ewingv— 
Rev. T. J. Ewing, Tasmanian naturalist and friend of John Gould. 
Distribution. — North-western Australia (Kimberley) to Northern 
Territory; also occurs in Flores and Timor. 
Notes. — Usually in pairs or flocks, frequenting the fruit and berry- 
bearing trees of the coastal brushes and scrubs. Similar in habits to the 
Red-crowned Pigeon. 
Nest.— A slightly built platform, about inches in diameter, com- 
posed of small sticks; placed in the branches of a tree up to 8 feet or 
more from the ground. 
Egg. — Pure white. Breeding-season: October to February. 
2. Purple-crowned Pigeon Ptilinopus superbus Temminck 
su-perb'-us — L., superbus , handsome. 
Distribution. — Eastern Australia, accidental to Tasmania; also occurs 
in the Molucca Islands and New Guinea. 
Notes. — Also called Superb Fruit-pigeon. Usually in pairs or flocks, 
frequenting the brushes and big scrubs, chiefly of the coastal districts 
Similar in habits and food to the Red-crowned Pigeon. Its call-note is a 
gruff succession of “ooms M uttered slowly. 
Nest. — A olatform about 3 inches in diameter, composed of a few 
twio's * built in*a small tree on a low horizontal fork at a height up to 
10 feet from the ground. Usually situated in open forest at the edge 
of scrub. . 
Egg . — White, with a faint creamy tinge. Breeding-season: October 
to February. 
3. Red-crowned Pigeon Ptilinopus regina Swainson 
re-gi-na — L., regina , queen. 
Distribution. — Eastern Australia, as far south as the Bellinger River , 
also occurs in New Guinea and the islands of Torres Strait. 
Notes. — Also called Swainson’s Fruit-pigeon and Pink-headed Dove. 
Usually in pairs or flocks, frequenting the brushes and big scrubs of the 
coastal districts as well as forests and mangroves. It is a migratory 
