RINO DOVE. 



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KASORES. 



COLUMBJU.i:. 



THE RING DOVE, OR WOOD PIGEON. 



THE QUEEST, AND THE CUSHAT. 



CoIk 



nba ])(ilii minis, Tiiiig Doce, 



Wood Fiireon, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 392. 



]\JoNT. Ornitli. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 317. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 47. 



Seldy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 406. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 161. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. viii. 



Colombe rainier, Tkmm. Man. d'Ornitii. vol. ii. p. 444. 



CoLUMBA. Generic Characters. — Beak of moderate strength, straight at the 

 base, compressed, the point deflected. Base of the upper mandible covered 

 with a soft skin in which the nostrils are pierced. Feet, three toes in front, 



