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COLUMBA LEUCONOTA.
Col. c a p ite c a n e s c en ti-a tro ; c risso ca u d a q u e n ig r i s ; nu ch â , corpore su h th s , dorso medio, caudoe-
q u e fa s c iâ la tâ m e d ia , a lb is ; teg in in ib u s a la rum v inac eo-canis; dorso su p e r io r i sca p u la rib u sque
b rum ie sc enti-canis ; rem ig ib u s , fa s c iis q u e ala rum brunne sc enti-ftisc is.
S t a tu r a Col. P a lum b i, L in n .
T he specimen from whicli tliis Plate was taken is the only one of this elegant and chastely coloured Pigeon
with which wc are acquainted. I t was sent in the first collection received from the Himalaya, and our subsequent
endeavours to procure others or to ascertain if any exist in our museums, whether public or private,
have hitherto proved fruitless. The species, however, was observed by Mr. Shore among the woods o f the
Himalaya, and a specimen is represented in his drawings diiTcring little from that which is given in the
accompanying Plate, except in the colouring of the legs, which he has represented as bright red. We liave
every reason to believe this rejiresentation to he correct, and had not the Plate been published before wc had
an opportunity of examining Mr. Shore’s valuable manuscript, his colouring, taken from the living bird, would
have been adopted instead of that which we now consider to he the faded hue of a dead specimen.
The Columba leuconota belongs to that division of the family which comprehends tlie "Wood Pigeons
common to Europe, n-liicii it closely resembles in all its habits and manners.
T he head and upper p a rt of the neck are o f a dull b la ck; the lower pa rt o f the neck, lower p a rt o f the
hack-, ruinj), and under surface jmre white ; ujijier pa rt o f the hack and scajiulars brownish grey ; wing-
coverts light grey, \vith a vinaceous tinge ; quills broa-n ; tail-co\ crts black ; the tail hlacii ivith a broad
white band.
The figure is of the natural size.