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Genus PHAPS, — Selby, 
Is characterized by a bill of moderate length, ra- 
ther slender, the upper mandible gently deflected at 
the tip, and shewing an indication of a notch or 
emargination. Wings of mean length, the second 
and third feathers the longest, and nearly equal. 
Tail slightly rounded. Legs, the tarsi as long as the 
middle toe, the front covered with a double row of 
scales, the sides and hinder part reticulated with 
small hexagonal scales. The hind toe or hallux 
short : the inner toe exceeding the outer in length. 
Claws blunt, and slightly arched. Type Columba 
chalcoptera, Lath. To this group the Columba ele- 
gans of Temminck and Columba picata of Wagler 
belong. 
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