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AVES. 
Podargus cornutus .— The Horned Rodargus. 
Plate LIV. fig. 4. 
Back and wings reddish-brown, freckled with black; scapu¬ 
lars covered with small white spots ; head with a horizontal tuft 
of long irregular feathers rising above the auricles •, bill sur¬ 
rounded by stiff bristles ; throat white, with the feathers forming 
a kind of smooth beard, nearly enveloping the lower mandible ; 
tail cuneiform, reddish-brown with waved lines. Nine inches 
long. Inhabits Java. 
ORDER IX.—COLUMBiE. 
Bill of medium size, compressed ; the base of the upper 
mandible covered by a soft skin in which the nostrils are situ¬ 
ated ; the point more or less bent; feet with three completely 
divided toes before, and one behind. 
Genus 1.—COLUMBA.— Linnceus . 
Generic Character. —Bill of medium size, compressed, curved 
at the tip; base of the upper mandible covered with a soft in¬ 
flated skin; nostrils longitudinal, situated in the middle of the 
membrane; feet with three toes before, free, the hallux articu¬ 
lated on the heel; wings of medium length, the second quill 
being the longest. 
Columba palumbus. — The Ring Dove. 
Plate LII. fig. (5. 
Upper parts bluish-ash colour, lower parts of the neck and 
breast bluish-gray, with a tinge of purplish-red, with iridescent 
reflections; on the sides of the neck a patch of pure white; 
bill orange; legs and toes pale purplish-red; irides yellow. 
Seventeen inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Columba turtur .— The Turtle Dove. 
Plate LII. fig. 7. 
Head, neck, breast, and back, light wood brown, tinged with 
pearl gray; on each side of the neck is a patch of black feathers, 
margined with white ; scapulars and wing coverts blackish, 
