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but the same Ihin and flexible beak. Four wild species are found in 

 Europe. 



Col. jKihtmbiis, L,; Le Ramier, Enl. 316. (The Cushat.) Is 

 the largest, and inhabits the forests, preferring those of Pines, 

 &c. It is ash-coloured, more or less bluej breast of a vinous 

 red, and is distinguished by white spots on the sides of the 

 neck and on the wing. 



Col. senas, L.; Le Colombin; Frisch, 139. (The Stock Dove.) 

 A slate-grey, the breast vinous; sides of the neck a changeable 

 green; somewhat smaller than the preceding, but has similar 

 habits. 



Col. livia, Briss.; Biset or Pigeon de roc/ic; Enl. 510. (The 

 Rock Dove). Slate-grey; circumference of the neck a changea- 

 ble green; a double black band on the wing; rump, white. This 

 species is the parent stock of our Common Pigeon, and most 

 probably of all our innumerable domestic races, in whose pro- 

 duction the mixture of some neighbouring species may also have 

 had some influence. 



Col. titrtur,!^.; Tourterelle; Enl. 394. (The Turtle Dove.) A 

 fawn coloured mantle spotted with brown; neck bluish, with a 

 spot on each side speckled with white and black. The smallest 

 of the wild, European species. It inhabits the woods. 



Col. risoria, L.; Rieuse; Enl. 244; Frisch, 44; Tem. 44. (The 

 Ring Dove.) Appears to be originally from Africa. It is of a 

 flaxen colour, paler beneath; a black collar round the neck.(l) 



mined: Columba cyanocephala, Enl. 174, Vaill, 281; Tem. 2; Col. montana, 

 Edw. 119; Tem. 4; Col. martinka, Enl. 141, 162; Vaill. 282; Tem. 5 and 6; 

 Col. erythrothorax, Tem. 7; Col. cruenta, Sonn. 20, 21; Tem. 8 and 9; Col. ja- 

 mdicensis, Tem. 10; Co/, talpacoti, Tem. 12; Co/, passerina, Enl. 243, 2, Ca- 

 tesby, 26; Col. minuta, Enl. 243, 1; Co/, hotteniotta, Tem., Vaill. 283; Co/. 

 cobocola, and Col. griseola, Spix, LXXV, 2. 



N.B. The C. passerina and squamosa form the genus CHAMy-EPELiA of Swain- 

 son; the C. cinerea, T., the genus Peristera, and the C. migratoria, the genus 



EOTOPISTES. 



(1) other Columbae with a square or round tail, Col. spadicea, Tem. 1; Col. 

 asnea, Enl. 164, Tem. 3 and 4; Voy de Freycin., 29, of which, according to Tem- 

 minck, Col.pacifica is the male; the Col. oceanique, Less, and Gam. Voy. de Du- 

 perre, is a neighbouring species; Col. arcuatrix, Vaill. Afr.; Tem. 5; C. armillaris, 

 Tem. 6; C. littoralis, Sonn. 103; Tem. 17; C. chalcoptera, Tem. 8; C. cristata, 

 Tem. 9; C. caribasa, Tem. 10; C. leucocephala, Catesb. 65; Tem. 13; C. speciosa, 

 Enl. 213; Tem. 14; C. corensis, Tem. 15; C. guinea, Edw. 75; Vaill. Afr. 265; 

 Tem. 16; C. madagascariensis, Enl. 11; Vaill. Afr. 266; Tem. 17; C. gymnoph- 

 talmos, Tem. 18; C. Frandae, Sonner. 101; Tem. 19; C. rubri-capilla, Sonner. 

 57; Tem. 20; C. elegans, Tem. 22; C. cincta, Tem. 23; C. rujina, Tem. 24; 

 C. leucoptera, Edw. 76; Tem. 25; C. javanica, Enl. 177; Tem. 26; Sonner. 66; 

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