BRITISH BIRDS. 



COLUMBJS. COLUMBID.F.. 



ERRATA TO VOL. III. 



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86, 28, rfeZe Northern. ,^ , ., .. 



124 6, for Oxfordshire read Cambridgeshire. 



143' l<d\ ior porzana v&^A maructta. . ,, , * 



000' 2-? fo)- at Hawold. Across the Humber, it would appear, read at 



" ' " Hawokl, across tlie Humber. It would appear, &c. 



241, 28, for St. Michael's-in-Wyse read St. Micbael's-on-Wyre. 



297', ~o', for Shrenck read Schrenck. 



310 1, insert Limicol.b. 



331! 19, for (1688) read (1678). 



364' 13, for Pryor read Pryer. 



399 31, for Lancashire read Lancashire. 



40.5', 9^ for stragger read straggler. 



415, 31, for Lyons read Lyon. 



453^ 20, for is read are. 



489, 4, dele recurved. 



.513, 30, dele late. 



.598, 35, elele the. 



609 2, for iCHTYAETOS read ichthyaetus. 



663' 9, for pray read prey. 1 ■. i, t 



fiTsl 27^ /or of the others dusky read oftbe others also mainly white, but 

 somewhat dusky towards the tips. 



CoLUMBA, Lhinceusj-. — Bill moderate, straight at the base, compressed, the 

 point deflected. Base of the upper mandible covered with a soft skin, in which 

 the nostrils are pierced. Tarsi short, anteriorly scutellate, posteriorly .scurfy ; 

 feet, three toes in front, entirely divided, one toe behind. Wings, long, broad, 

 rather pointed ; the second quill-ftather longest. Tail of twelve feathers nearly 

 even. 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 282 (1766). + Tom. ell. p. 279. 



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