Fruit-pigeon

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 21–22

Fruit-pigeon (Carpophaga), a genus of pigeons, including about fifty species, distributed over the whole Australian and Oriental regions, but much more abundant in the former. They live in forests, are well adapted for arboreal life, and feed on fruits. The gape is wide; the colouring of the plumage brilliant. The term fruit-pigeon is also extended to members of other genera—Treron, Alectroenas, &c. See PIGEON.

A detailed black and white illustration of a fruit-pigeon (Carpophaga oceanica) perched on a branch with leaves. The bird has a long, pointed beak, a mottled pattern of dark and light feathers on its body, and a long tail. It is shown in profile, facing left.
Fruit-pigeon
(Carpophaga oceanica).
Source scan(s): p. 0030, p. 0031