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SuBFAM. COLUMBINiE. True Pigemu.. 
Bill lengthened, slender; the base ^ 
Wings long. Feet very short. Rump feathers thick, 
rigidf and Apparently spinous, as in the Ceblepynnce. 
■ .4 ' '* 
I OOQ n 300. c, d) Tarsus short, lea- 
short: the extremities of the 
two mandibles of equalthick 
ness. The gonys very short, 
strong, and forming an as- 
cending angle. Tropics of 
Asia and Australia. 
Ptilonopus, Sw. Bill slender. 
Wings moderate ; the first 
quill shorter than the se- 
cond, and generally nar- 
rowed ; primaries not much 
longer than the tcrtials. 
Tail moderate, rounded. 
purpuratus. Nat.Ijib.v.pl.3. 
monacbus. PI. Col. ^5!?. 
leiicotraster. Nat. Tail), v. pi. 5. 
magnificus. PI. Col. 163. 
hypogaster. PI. Col. 2512. 
flavigaster. lb. 254. 
erytbrocophalus. Ib. 106 . 
ri™7o7 Cuv. (/<,. 300. e) Bill very ^trong^^^^^«S^ 
pointed ; the three first quills nearly equal, 
longer than the others ; tertials short. 
