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CROWNED GOUBA PIGEON. 
and smaller wing-coverts, have the feathers black at 
the base, the tips terminated with rich purplish- 
brown. The greater coverts are of the same colour, 
but with a broad central bar of white, which forms a 
conspicuous transverse band across the closed wings. 
The quills and tail are of a deep grey, the latter ha- 
ving all the feathers terminated with greyish-blue. 
The legs are grey ; the tarsi, three inches and a quar- 
ter in length, are covered with rounded scales not 
closely set, but shewing a whitish margin of bare 
skin around each. The toes are strong and rather 
short, the scales disposed as in the Typical Pigeons. 
