GREAT CROWNED PIGEON 
ends in a point near the hinder part of 
the head. The head is adorned with a 
remarkable handsome crest of a pale blue, 
or ash color, similar to that of the com- 
mon Pigeon, and composed of a number 
of fine feathers, with slender shafts and 
fine webs, which are usually elevated. 
The bill is black . and the end of the 
upper mandible overhangs the point of 
the lower. The legs and feet are of a 
whitish color, spotted with red. This 
splendid bird is a native of the East-India 
Islands: it coos, and has the peculiar 
actions and manners of other Pigeons. 
