OCEANIC FllUIT-PIGEON. 
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The following is a description of this species, as 
given by M. Lesson, in his Manuel d’Ornithologie. 
Total length, fourteen inches. Bill one inch, sur- 
rounded at its base with a rounded black caiTuncle 
or knob. Feet strong, and of a vivid orange colour, 
the tarsi feathered nearly to the toes, which have 
their lateral membranes much distended. Wings 
pointed, and about an inch shorter than the tail. 
The forehead, cheeks, and throat, are of a greyish- 
white. The lower and back part of the neck deep 
bluish-grey. The back, wings, rump, and tail, of a 
uniform metallic deep green, the breast and upper 
part of the abdomen of a pale purplish-grey, the 
lower belly, vent, and thighs, of a deep reddish- 
brown. 
Besides the species already mentioned, tiio Car~ 
pophaga liyogailra, Carpophaga pinon, Carpophaga 
luctuosa, and many others belong, to this beautiful 
group. 
Before we proceed to the Pigeons, we must here 
introduce an interesting form, apparently belonging 
to this division of the Columbidaj, the structure of 
the bill being intermediate between that of Vinago 
and Columba, and the feet fpinied upon the same 
plan as those of the rest of the Ptilinopinm : It is the 
