148 columbj:. 



Columba oenas. 



Hah. Europe and Western Asia. 



628. Sternum and shoulder-girdle, wanting right coracoid and 



scapula. S. S. 835. Purchased. 



Columba livia. 



Columba livia, Bonnaterre, Encycl. ileth. i. p. 227 (1790) ; 

 Dresser, B. Eur.vii. p. 11 (1879). 



The EocK-PifiEON. 



Hah. British Islands. 



629. Skull. 0. 0. 1435. Purchased. 



630. Skull. 0.0. 1435 a. 



a. Domestic Pigeons *. 



631. Skeleton. 0. 0. 1429 a. Hnnterian. 



632. Natural skeleton : mounted. 0. 0. 1428. Ilunterian. 



633. 634, 635. Natural skeletons : mounted. 0. 0. 1428 a, b, c. 



Yarrell Coll. 



636. Natural skeleton : mounted. 0. 0. 142<>. South Coll. 



637. Natural skeleton of ' Oarrier ' Pigeon : mounted. 0. C. 



1430. Purchased. 



638. Natural skeleton of ' Tumbler ' Pio;eon : mounted. 0. 0. 



1431. Ilunterian. 



Columba palumbus. 



Columba palwnbus, Limia3iis, .Syst. Nat. i. p. 282 (1760); Dresser, 

 B. Eur. vii. p. 3 (1878). 



The Ring-Dove or Wood-Pigeon. 



Hah. British Islands. 



639. Skeleton. From Northumberland. 0.0.1433 d. 



Presented Inj Rev. H. H. Slater. 



640. Skull. 0. ('. 1433. Hunterian. 



641. Skull. 0.0.1443 b. Received in exchange. 



642. Skull. O. 0.1443 c. Purchased. 



* Cf. Meyer, Abbild. Vogel-Skei. i. Taf. xxxii., lix., cxii. (races of Domestic 

 Pigeons). 



