THE NICOBAR GROUND-PIGEON. 
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into golden green, cupreous, and deep purplish-red. 
The feathers upon the neck are long, nan-ow, and 
acuminate, like those of the domestic cock ; their 
barbules towards the tip silky and distinct. The 
tail is very short and pendant, and nearly square, and 
the uings, when closed, reach nearly to its end. Tlie 
legs, which are robust, and of moderate length, are 
black, and covered with hexagonal scales. The nails 
ai'e yellow, slightly curved, and blunt. 
Besides the Island of Nicobar, from wdience its 
trivial name, this species inhabits the Islands of Java 
and Sumatra, as well as many others in the great 
Archipelago of the Moluccas. The female resembles 
the male in the colour of her plumage, but the fea- 
thers upon the neck are not so long or narrow, and 
she is also destitute of the maxillary fleshy knob- 
The last bird we liave to describe constitutes the 
type of the 
