Australian Museum Journal On a variety of Goura coronata
- Shortform:
- North, 1906, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(3): 230
- Author(s):
- North, Alfred J.
- Year published:
- 1906
- Title:
- On a variety of Goura coronata
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 230
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.6.1906.1003
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 19 June 1906
- Cover date:
- 19 June 1906
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 06 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 1003
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (76kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (182kb PDF)
Abstract
While the Curator was engaged in re-arranging the foreign bird collection, he brought under my notice a mounted specimen of Goura coronate which was entirely different from another typical example of this species in a different part of the case. The specimen under consideration is in markings and size similar to the well-known form of Crowned Pigeon, but almost the entire plumage, except the white wing-speculum and apical tail-band, had a distinct blackish wash, only a few small places about the head, breast, wings and tail revealing here and there the bluish slaty-grey plumage, the chestnut tips of the upper wing-coverts and band across the back, also being much darker. The locality of the specimen is unknown, and after a careful comparison I concluded it was a melanistie variety of Goura coronate.