pigeon

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


The Australian species are – – Bronze-wing Pigeon (q.v.) – – Phaps chalcoptera, Lath.

♣ Brush Bronze-wing P. – – P. elegans, Temm.

♣ Crested P. – – Ocyphaps lophotes, Temm.

♣ Flock or Harlequin Bronze-wing (called also Squatter,q.v.) – – Phaps histrionica, Gould.

♣ Little-Green P. – – Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Wagl.

♣ Naked-eye Partridge-P. – – Geophaps smithii, Jard. and Selb.

♣ Nutmeg P. – – Carpophaga spilorrhoa, G. R. Gray.

♣ Partridge-P. – – Geophaps scripta, Temm.

♣ Pheasant-tailed P. – – Macropygia phasianella, Temm.

♣ Plumed P. – – Lophophaps plumifera, Gould.

♣ Red-plumed Pigeon – – Lophophaps ferruginea, Gould.[He gives vernacular «Rust-coloured.» ]

♣ Rock P. – – Petrophassa albipennis, Gould.

♣ Top-knot P. – – Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw.

♣ White-bellied Plumed P. – – Lophophaps leucogaster, Gould.

♣ Wonga-wonga P. (q.v.) – – Leucosarcia picata, Lath.

See also fruit-pigeon, harlequin pigeon, partridge-pigeon, torres straits pigeon.

For New Zealand Pigeon, see kuku.

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

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