CROWNED PIGEON . — Gaura Coronata. 
The splendid Crowned Pigeon is indisputably the most conspicuous of all its 
tribe ; its great size and splendid crest rendering it a most striking object, ever] 
at a considerable distance. 
So large and so un-pigeon like is this bird, that few on first seeing it would 
be likely to determine its real relations to the rest of the feathered race, and 
would be more likely to class it among the poultry than the pigeons. It is a 
native of Java, New Guinea, and the Moluccas. 
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