Katsura Imperial Villa able to create new rooms within the architecture. For instance by moving one fusuma wall, one could transform two rooms into one large room and a small storage closet. In the Katsura Imperial Villa, the fusuma allows the rooms to change and open up to the natural world with exterior decks becoming extensions of the interior and framing views of the landscape. An example of this type of transformation is the moon viewing platform connected to the Old Shoin. Besides these characteristics, there are many traditional Japanese ideas that are used in the Katsura Imperial Villa, like the decorative alcove
Imperial pigeon distributed throughout the Pacific. The Pacific ("D. pacifica") and the Micronesian ("D. oceania") imperial pigeons are similar allospecies, while the Polynesian ("D. aurorae") and Marquesan ("D. galeata") imperial pigeons are larger birds with dark plumage. The red-knobbed imperial pigeon ("D. rubricera") and the spice imperial pigeon ("D. myristicivora") are similar but found in Melanesia and New Guinea. c) The "finschii" subgroup of four species which may be New Guinea representatives of "D. aenea" stock; the purple-tailed ("D. rufigaster"), cinnamon-bellied ("D. basilica") and Finsch's imperial pigeons, which all inhabit offshore islands. The shining or rufescent imperial pigeon ("D. chalconota") occupies more