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GENUS CALOENAS G. E. Gray. 
This large Pigeon, which is of a gallinaceous appearance, is easily distin- 
guishable from other Pigeons by the long hackle-feathers of the neck, by its general 
plumage of metalGc golden-green and violet, by its short tail — white when adult, 
and by the knob at the base of the bill. The wing is large and broad, the 
tarsus naked, as also the tibio-tarsal joint, and ii'regularly scutellated in front. 
It is of “insular” and wandering habits, and lays a single white egg in nests in 
trees on certain small islands where it breeds in great numbers. 
284. CALOENAS NICOBARICA (L.). 
Nicobar Pigeon. 
a. The M’incombar Pigeon [I] Alb., Nat. Hist. B. 1740, m, 44, pis. 47, 48; [II] Edw., 
Glean. 1761, HI, 271, pi. 339. 
b. Columba nicobariea (1) Linn., S. N. 1766, I, 283; [II] Bonn., Tabl. Enc. M6th. 1790, 
246, pi. 80, f. 1; [III] Hayes, Portr. Rare & Curious B. 1799, H, pi. 91; (IV) 
Temm. & Knip, Pig. I, 1808—11, fam. trois. p. 5, pi. 2; (V) Vieill., N. D. 1818, 
XXVI, 395, pi. G. 38. 
c. Columbigalline a camail [I] Levaill., Ois d’Afr. 1808, VT, 102, pi. 279. 
d. Columba gouldiae (I) Gray & Hardw., 111. Ind, Zool. 1834, H, pi. 57 (juv.). 
e. Geophilns nicobaricus fl) Selby, Nat. Libr. Pig. 1835, 221, j)l. 29. 
Caloenas (variously spelt Galaenas, Callaenas, Caloena, Calloenas, Callioenas) nicobariea 
(1) Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, 59; (2) Bp., Consp. H, 1854, 95; (3) Blyth, Ibis 
1859, 465; (IV) Flower, P. Z. S. 1860, 333, pi. 166, figs, 3, 4 (gizzard anal); (V) 
Rchb., Tauben 1860, 48, t. 263, figs. 1467—68; (6) Jerd., B. Ind. HI, 1864, 480; 
(7) Wall., Ibis 1865, 370, 394, 400; (8) BartI, P. Z. S. 1866, 78; (9) Ball, J. 
A. S. B. 1870, XXIX, 32; (10) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YHI, 86; (11) Schl., Mus. 
P.-B., Oolumb., 1873, 170; (12) Ball, Str. F. 1873, I, 81; (13) Hume, Str. F. 1874, 
H, 70, 271; (14) Garrod, P.Z. S. 1873, 468, 639; 1874, 250, 257; (15) Wald., 
Tr. Z. 8. IX, 1875, 222; (16) Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1875, 110; (17) Hume, Str. F. 
1878, VI, 425; (18) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 138; (19) Hume, Str. F. 1879, VHI, 68; 
(20) Rams., Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. HI, 1879, 295; (21) Finsch, Ibis 1881, 538; 
(22) Sharpe, Journ. L. Soc. 1882, XVI, 446; (23) Salvad., Om. Pap, HI, 1882, 
209; (24) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, H, 299; (25) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 
6, 52; (26) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 576, 663; (27) Woodford, P. Z. S. 1888, 248; 
(28) W. Bias., Omis 1888, 317, 626, 642; (29) Hickson, Nat. in N. Celebes 1889, 
183; (30) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 194; (31) Sh. & Whiteh., Ibis 1890, 
137; (32) Sharpe, t. c. 284; (33) Steere, List CoU. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 24; 
(34) Oates ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 1890, H, 365; (35) Vorderm., N. 
T. Ned. Ind. 1890, L, 507; (36) id.. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1891, 129; (37) Evans, 
Ibis 1891, 74; (38) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 1891, IH, 193; (39) id.. Oat. B. XXI, 
1893, 615; (40) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 243, 257; (41) Bourns & Wore., B. Menage 
Exp. 1894, 30; (42) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 248, 576. 
/: Nicobar Pigeon (1) Wall., Malay Archip. 1869, H, 65; (2) Guillem., Cruise “Marchesa” 
1886, 241; (3) Newton, Diet. B. pt. 3, 1894, 724. 
Meyer & WigleswoTth, Birds of Celebes (Not. 2:ird 1807). 
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