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GREAT CROWNED INDIAN PIGEON. 
COLUMBA CORONATA. Lin. Sjst. 1 . p. 2 8 2. 
Le Faisan couronne'des Indes. Bris. Orn. i. 279. 
Great crowned Pigeon. Lath. ii. p. 2. 620. 
This subject is nearly tbe size of a hen Turkey, in consequence of which 
Brisson, not having seen the living bird to form a judgment of its instincts 
and habits, was induced to rank it as a Pheasant, and it was considered as 
such until Edwards had an opportunity of receiving from Governor Loton 
a particular history of its character and manners, without which informa- 
tion he never would have conceived that a bird of this magnitude could 
belong to the family of pigeons. 
The note of this bird is cooing and plaintive, but considerably louder, 
and more expressive of lowing than cooing, than that of the common 
pigeon. 
As the colours of the plumage are exactly given in the Plate, any prolix 
description would be superfluous. It may perhaps be necessary to observe, 
that the head is ornamented with a beautiful crest, and the feathers which 
compose it vary in their length, those in the front not being more than 
half an inch long, increasing by degrees until they are in length near five 
inches, the webs being of a loose texture as expressed in the Plate. 
These birds are natives of the Molucca Isles, in the Indian seas, under 
the line, and found in great plenty in New Guinea, from whence they were 
taken to the Isle of Banda, where they are called by the natives Bululu, 
and by the Dutch, Kroon-Vogel. 
A pair of these birds were presented to Lady Ducie, and kept for some 
time in the menagery; and it was by her Ladyship s particular order that 
this drawing was made, at the time they were in the most perfect plumage. 
