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4. Body ash-coloured gray ; back white as snow; throat, 

 head, and neck, of a bright green. Span, nevada: Val. 

 nevut. 



5. Body blueish gray; wings streaked with black; tail 

 terminated with black. Span, azul de la raza: Val. de la 

 rasa {columba tahellar'ta Linn.*). 



6. Beak short, with large protuberances on the upper part; 

 no circular skin about the eyes. Span, paloma de casta, or 

 ladrona : Val. ladu. 



7. The crop, which the bird inflates to the size of its body. 

 Span, huchona: W&\.pitimflat {columba gidturosa Lhin.f) . 



8. A pigeon which rises and falls by circular and almost 

 perpendicular movements. Span, paloma volteadora. Val. 

 colom refdador {columba gyratrix Linn.^). 



9. The eyes surrounded with a flesh-coloured skin ; beak 

 short, with large protuberances. Span. Jtamenquilla : Val, 



colom d'ull. 



Second Division. 



Character. —Short flight ; sometimes heavy. 



First Sub-division. 

 Character. — Small body ; heavy flight. 



Classes. 



1. Feathers curled. Span, rigeda: Val. risat {columba 

 hispida Linn.§). 



2. Feathers of the tail rising and spreading out like those 

 of the peacock, from the number of eight to eighteen ||. 

 Span, colissava: Val. calissavo {columba laticauda Linn.) 



Second Sub-division. 

 Character.— Body large; unwieldy; heavy; flight short. 



* This is the messenger pigeon. 



f The large throateil pi-eon. These are many varieties of the.n known. 



t U is geuerally calledl die tumbling pigeon, and sometimes the pantomime 

 pigeon, because its movements and its tumblings have made it be compared to 

 those of the va niters. 



§ This class is that of the curled pigeon ; it is entirely white, and all the 

 feathers are curled. 



jl Tlie most beautiful pigeons of this class have to the number of SO" fea- 

 thers in the taiL This is the peacock pigeon. 



j| 2 Classes. 



