however so clearly and decisively marked as to de¬ 
clare at once its real and proper genus. It is un¬ 
doubtedly one of the most elegant of birds, and is 
a native of some of the Molucca islands. Its voice 
resembles that of the wood-pigeon, but in so loud 
and hoarse a tone, that it is recorded of some of 
Mons. Bougainville’s sailors, that they were greatly 
alarmed on hearing it for the first time, in the wild 
and unfrequented spots of some islands on which 
they landed; supposing it to have proceeded from 
the savage cries of hostile and concealed natives. 
O 
This bird has frequently been brought alive into 
Europe, and is considered as one of the greatest or¬ 
naments of the Menagerie. 
