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ground-pigeon. 

 A handsome, dark-green ground-pigeon, is not uncom* 

 mon. 



Chaleophaps indica, 



Columha " Linn. 



INDIAN ROCK-PICIEONo 



This is the bird from which the domestic pigeons of India 

 are derived, and which we have tame, if not wild. The 

 principal difference, Mr. Blyth says, between the pigeon of 

 India and Europe is, that the former " has a white rump 

 and the latter a deep ash-coloUred rump. There appears 

 to be no other distinction between them ; unless it be that 

 the play of colours on the neck is finer in the Indian 

 bird." 



Columha intermedia. 



POMPADOUR WOOD-PIGEON. 



"This is a wild pigeon whose "general colour is deep 

 vinaceous ruddy," that Mr. Blyth had from the island of 

 Ramree. 



Columba punicca. 



TURTLE DOVE. 



The plaintive coo of this speckled turtle doVe is heard 

 alike in the neighborhood of our large towns, and in the 

 depths of our thickest forests. It is often seen in cages, 

 and is the turtle dove of the Bible. 

 Turtur suratensis. 

 Columba turtur, Linn. 



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RING-DOVE. 



A turtle dove of a brick colour, with a half collar on the 

 neck, sometimes called the ring-dove, is not uncommon 

 Turtur humilis. 



