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COLUMBA PALUMBUS. THE RINGED DOVE, 

 OR CUSHAT. 



RING DOVE. WOOD PIGEON. CUSHAT. QUEST. CUSHIE DOO. 

 CALMAN-CHOILLE. 



Fig. 52. 



Columba Palumbus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 282. 



Columba Palumbus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 60 L 



Ring Dove. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Colombe Ramier. Columba Palumbus. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 444. 



Ring-Dove or Cushat. Columba Palumbus. Selb. Illustr. I. 406. 



Columba Palumbus. Ring-Dove. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 161. 



Plumage of the upper parts greyish-hlue ; wings and scapulai's 

 tinged with brown ; hind part and sides of the neck bright green 

 and purplish-red^ inth two cream-coloured patches ; fore part of 

 neck and breast light reddish-purple ; a white patch on the wings, 

 i?icluding the four outer secondary coverts. 



Male. — The Ringed Dove, ^yood Pigeon, or Cushat, which 

 is the largest of our native species, is perhaps not remarkable 

 for elegance of form or beauty of colouring, when compared 

 with other birds of this extensive family, although it is by no 

 means deficient in either quality. It is a strong bird of its 

 size, having the body large and full, the neck rather short, the 

 head small, the feet short and strong, the wings and tail rather 

 long. 



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