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COMMON PIGEON. Class II. 



Order IV. COLUMBINE. 



XIV. 

 PIGEON. 



Soft (Irait BILL. 



NOSTRILS lodged in a tuberous naked fkin. 



TOES divided to their origin. 



loi. Com- La Pigeon Tpnve.Belona'v. 313. 

 M o N. Columba vulgaris. Gefner av, 



279. Livia. 307. 



Columba domeftica. Jldr, au. 

 11. 225. 



Common wild Dove, or Pi- 

 geon. Wil. orn, 180. and 

 the Stock Dove, or Wood 

 Pigeon*. 185. 



Rail fyn. a<v. 59, 62. 



Golob. ScQpoli, No. 177. 



Le Pigeon domeftique. JBriffon 

 a-v. I. 68. Hiji. d'Oys, 

 II. 491. 



Le Bifet. 498. 



Columba Oenas. Lin. fyfl, 



279. 

 Skogs dufwa, Dufwa, Hem- 



dufwa. Faun. Suec. J'p. 



207. 

 Kirke-Due, Skov-Due. Brun- 



nichy 203. 

 Feldtaube, Haullaube, Hohl- 



taube. Kram. 358. 

 Blau-Taube, orHoltz-Taube. 



Frifch, I. 139. 

 Br, Zool, 88. plate 88. 



THE tame pigeon, and all its beautifull varie- 

 ties, derive their origin from one fpecies, 

 the Stock Dove: the Englijh name implying its be- 

 ino- the ftock ox Jlem from whence the other domeftic 

 kinds fprung. Thefe birds, as Varro\ obferves, 

 take their (Latin) name, Columba^ from their voice 



* Columba livia. AUr. av. II. 234. et Oenas, feu vina- 



g^- 233. 



t De Ling. Lat, lib. IV. 



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