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TAB WM. 
COLUMBA ANTARCTICA, 
THE ANTARCTIC. PICELON, 
BDOBIWDOSGODSGOVVWSGWPVSIIWSEIG3>s 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Rofirum retum, verfus apicem defcendens. 
Nares oblong, membrana molli tumida femitectz. 
Lingua integra. Lin. Syft. Nat. p. 279. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Columba plumbeo-grifea, fubtus pallidior, occipite crifta 
dependente ferruginea, remigibus caudaque nigri- 
cantibus, rectricibus fafcia pallida. 
DP LLL LLL LOL LL LL LL” LL” A 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill weak, flender, ftrait at the bafe, with a foft pro- 
tuberance in which the noftrils are lodged. 
Tongue entire. 
Legs fhort: toes divided to the origin, 
F 
