AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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VOLUME XXXVI.—No. 7. 
NEW YORK, JTJLY, 1877. 
NEW SERIES—No.' 
NEW SPECIES OF PIGEONS. — Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
In 1832 an engraving was published of a new 
species of pigeon which was discovered in India ; 
but the drawing being made from a dried skin, was 
not a satisfactory one. Very recently, live speci¬ 
mens were secured and imported into England for 
the Zoological Gardens at Regents’ Park, London, 
ffom which an accurate engraving was prepared 
and published in the “ London Field.” This spe¬ 
cies, named Columba leuconota, has the head and 
the upper part of the back black, (as shown in the 
engraving), the lower part of the neck, lower part 
of back, rump, and under surface, are pure white ; 
the Upper part of the back'is brownish gray; the 
wing coverts are light gray ; the quills are brown ; 
the tail coverts are black, and the tail is black, 
with a broad white band across it. Mr. Teget- 
meier, the well known poultry fancier, says of it: 
“ To those who have paid attention to the pro¬ 
duction of varieties this pigeon is particularly in¬ 
teresting. It is so rare, that a single specimen, un¬ 
til the present year, has never been seen alive in 
Europe. It closely resembles several of our domes¬ 
ticated varieties of the Columba livia, and the mark¬ 
ings could be produced by a few years careful 
selection by any skilled pigeon fancier. The color¬ 
ed head, white body, bars across the wings, peculiar 
coloration of the tail, may all be found in known' 
varieties, and the combination of them could be 
effected without difficulty. In fact, so like is this 
bird to many of the known varieties, that it would 
be difficult to persuade many fanciers that it was 
a wild species, and .not a domesticated variety.” 
The other species' represented in the above en¬ 
graving is very little known. It inhabits the island■ 
of Celebes in the Indian Archipelago. The size of 
the tail, and some other specific differences, separate 
it from the genus Columba, and give it a place in a 
separate one known as Macropygia, this particular 
species being Macropygia leptogrammica. It is a re¬ 
markably elegant bird, with beautifully banded 
plumage. It is an unfortunate I circumstance that 
only a single specimen has been obtained. 
