TYPICAL PIGEONS. 
are black. This bird is not so generally distributed throughout the Nicobars as 
the nutmeg-pigeon, and, though occasionally found some distance in the forest, 
keeps in general to the mangrove-swamps; but on islands such as Treis and Track, 
where there is little or no mangrove, it occurs everywhere. Lopholcemus antarcticus, 
found in Eastern Australia, is easily recognised by being the only crested species 
of fruit-pigeon, and is the sole representative of its genus. The last genus, 
Hemiphaga, contains three species belonging to New Zealand and adjacent islands, 
and differs from the six genera already mentioned in having only twelve tail- 
feathers. 
Wood, Long-Tailed, and Passenger-Pigeons. 
Family CoLUMBIDjE. 
This family may be distinguished from the green pigeons and their allies by 
having the soles of the feet normal, that is, not very broad, and only the hind-toe 
with the skin prominently expanded on the sides. It is split up into three groups, 
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ground, and contained one large white egg. The members of the genus Myristi- 
civora may be distinguished from those previously mentioned by their white and 
black plumage. The white nutmeg-pigeon (. M . bicolor) is a handsome species found 
in the Philippine Islands, the Malay Archipelago, and the Andaman and Nicobar 
Islands. Both sexes have the entire plumage of a pale creamy white, except the 
flight-feathers, the tip of the tail, and some spots on the under tail-coverts, which 
NUTMEG-PIGEON. 
