The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7

Name: The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7
Author: Gould, John

Gould, John

Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works

409. Trichoglossus Swainsonii, _Jard. & Selb._         Vol. V.  Pl. 48.

 410. Trichoglossus rubritorquis, _Vig. &               Vol. V.  Pl. 49.
   Horsf._

     “Procured at Port Molle on the north-east coast, previously only
found at Port Essington.”—J. M’Gillivray.

 411. Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus.                    Vol. V.  Pl. 50.
 412. Trichoglossus versicolor, _Vig._                  Vol. V.  Pl. 51.
 413. Trichoglossus concinnus.                          Vol. V.  Pl. 52.
 414. Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus, _Diet._           Vol. V.  Pl. 53.
 415. Trichoglossus pusillus.                           Vol. V.  Pl. 54.




                         Order RASORES, _Ill._


                       Family COLUMBIDÆ, _Leach_.

The members of this important family are distributed over every portion
of the globe, in no part of which are they more numerous than in
Australia, since that country is inhabited by no less than twenty-one
species, which, like its _Psittacidæ_, comprise several well-marked and
distinct genera, and appear to be naturally divided into two great
groups, the one arboreal, the other terrestrial; the _Ptilinopi_,
_Carpophagæ_ and _Lopholaimus_, with their expansive gullets and broad
hand-like feet forming part of the former, and the _Phaps_, _Geophaps_
and _Geopeliæ_ the latter. The _Ptilinopi_ and other allied forms are,
in consequence of the peculiar character of the vegetation, confined,
without a single exception, to the eastern and northern parts of the
country.

The species of the genus _Phaps_, a form which I believe to be confined
to Australia, are more widely dispersed than those of any other section
of the family, being universally distributed over the entire country
from north to south and from east to west; even the parched deserts of
the interior are visited by them if a supply of water be within reach of
their evening flight, which is performed with the most extraordinary
rapidity and power.


                      Genus PTILINOPUS, _Swains._

The species of this genus, the most brilliant and highly-coloured of the
_Columbidæ_, range over Australia, New Guinea, Malacca, Celebes, and
Polynesia; two of the three Australian species are I believe confined to
that country.

 416. Ptilinopus Swainsonii, _Gould_                    Vol. V.  Pl. 55.
 417. Ptilinopus Ewingii, _Gould_                       Vol. V.  Pl. 56.
 418. Ptilinopus superbus                               Vol. V.  Pl. 57.

      _Ptilinopus superbus_, Steph. cont. of Shaw’s Gen. Zool., vol.
        xiv. p. 279.


                       Genus CARPOPHAGA, _Selby_.

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The Birds of Australia, Vol. 1 of 7

Gould, John

Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works

409. Trichoglossus Swainsonii, _Jard. & Selb._         Vol. V.  Pl. 48.

 410. Trichoglossus rubritorquis, _Vig. &               Vol. V.  Pl. 49.
   Horsf._

     “Procured at Port Molle on the north-east coast, previously only
found at Port Essington.”—J. M’Gillivray.

 411. Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus.                    Vol. V.  Pl. 50.
 412. Trichoglossus versicolor, _Vig._                  Vol. V.  Pl. 51.
 413. Trichoglossus concinnus.                          Vol. V.  Pl. 52.
 414. Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus, _Diet._           Vol. V.  Pl. 53.
 415. Trichoglossus pusillus.                           Vol. V.  Pl. 54.




                         Order RASORES, _Ill._


                       Family COLUMBIDÆ, _Leach_.

The members of this important family are distributed over every portion
of the globe, in no part of which are they more numerous than in
Australia, since that country is inhabited by no less than twenty-one
species, which, like its _Psittacidæ_, comprise several well-marked and
distinct genera, and appear to be naturally divided into two great
groups, the one arboreal, the other terrestrial; the _Ptilinopi_,
_Carpophagæ_ and _Lopholaimus_, with their expansive gullets and broad
hand-like feet forming part of the former, and the _Phaps_, _Geophaps_
and _Geopeliæ_ the latter. The _Ptilinopi_ and other allied forms are,
in consequence of the peculiar character of the vegetation, confined,
without a single exception, to the eastern and northern parts of the
country.

The species of the genus _Phaps_, a form which I believe to be confined
to Australia, are more widely dispersed than those of any other section
of the family, being universally distributed over the entire country
from north to south and from east to west; even the parched deserts of
the interior are visited by them if a supply of water be within reach of
their evening flight, which is performed with the most extraordinary
rapidity and power.


                      Genus PTILINOPUS, _Swains._

The species of this genus, the most brilliant and highly-coloured of the
_Columbidæ_, range over Australia, New Guinea, Malacca, Celebes, and
Polynesia; two of the three Australian species are I believe confined to
that country.

 416. Ptilinopus Swainsonii, _Gould_                    Vol. V.  Pl. 55.
 417. Ptilinopus Ewingii, _Gould_                       Vol. V.  Pl. 56.
 418. Ptilinopus superbus                               Vol. V.  Pl. 57.

      _Ptilinopus superbus_, Steph. cont. of Shaw’s Gen. Zool., vol.
        xiv. p. 279.


                       Genus CARPOPHAGA, _Selby_.

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