On the domestic Pigeons of Spain. 1 1 3 



hardly any domestic pigeon has the feet feathered, I omit 

 this character as superfluous *. 



First Division. 

 Character. — A rapid and continued flight ; which, how- 

 ever, is sometimes more and sometimes less rapid. 



First Sub-division. . 

 Character. — The twelve feathers of the tail of a different 

 colour from those of the body. 



Classes. 



1. Body white; tail black. In Spanish, patoma colinegra: 

 in the language of Valentia, colom culinegre. 



2. Body white; tail of a blueish gray. Span, paloma co- 

 Uazul: Val. colom culisendros. 



3. Body white; tail red. Span, coliroxa; or colihaya, ac- 

 cording as the feathers of the tail are of a bright red or of a 

 paler red» Val. cidUroig. 



4. Body black ; tail white. Span; colillanca de negro. 

 Val. culiblanch de negre. 



5. Body red; tail white. Span; colillanca de roxo. Val. 

 culiblanch de roig. 



6. Body gray ; wings streaked ; back spotted ; tail white. 

 Span, coliblanca de goteadb : Val. culiblanch de gctat. 



7. Body ash-coloured; wings streaked; back white as 

 snow; feathers white. Span, coliblanca de nevada: Val. 

 culiblanch de nevdt. 



Second Sub-division. 

 Character. — The principal feathers of the tail of a different 

 colour from those of the body. 



Classes. 

 1. Body white; feathers black. Span, alinegra: Val, 

 alinegre. 



• I do not know any naturalist who has presented as one of the generic 

 characters of pigeons, that of having the feet covered with feathers. It is 

 probably only in Spain that they have fallen into this error ; but M. Cava- 

 nilles was mistaken when he wrote that this attribute ot feathers at the feet 

 did not belong to almost any domestic pigeon. In fact, it is known that there 

 are many of them rough-footed. — Note of the French edilur. 



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