90 GREAT CROWNED PIGEON. 
in a point near the hinder part of the head. 
The head is adorned with a remarkably hand- 
some crest of a pale blue, or ash colour, similar 
to that of the lightest parts of the Common 
Pigeon, and composed of a number of fine fea- 
thers, 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 colour, spotted with red. This splen- 
did bird is a native of the East India Islands ; 
it coos, and has the peculiar actions and man- 
ners of other pigeons. 
