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Birds. LXII. Vol. IV. No. 71., PIGEONS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES., Fig. 1. The Crimson-Pigeon. (Columba rosea.), J-he beautiful crimfon-pigeon is certainly one of the fineft birds that ever was brought to Europe from the Indies. It is a domeftical fowl which in ils size equals our pigeons. Its plumage is of a fhining crimfon, changing in lèverai places into a beautiful Rose-colour. The crown of the head, the throat, the orbits of the eyes, and the tips of the upper wing-feathers are white; tail and quill-feathers are brown. The Eaft-Indians keep this beautiful pigeon frequently in their poultryyards., Fig. 2. The golden-wing pigeon. (Columba chalcoptera.), This pretty bird which is about the size ef a common wood-culver lives in a favage Itate in New-Holland. The prevailing colour of its feathers is a pale-silvery grey, but the wings are of an extraordinary bright eaft, and feem to be covered with gold yielding a par. ticular luftre of red, yellow andgreen; whence thenam is derived., Fig. 3. The Azure-crown pigeon. (Columba coronata.), The crown-pigeon which inhabits the Molucca-and other Ealt-Indiari islands, is a very giant among thejpigeons, approaching very near the size of a turkey. The colour of its feathers is an azuré grey varied with purpie fhades. Its head is embellished with a crown of the famé colour, which gives the bird a beautiful appearance. It builds its nest 011 trees and \s but feldom brought to any degree oftamenes. In Germany it occurs sometimes in the collections of animals (Ménageries), , It lives like other pigeons on grains especiaily upon ri ce.
