STOCK DOVE. 



JR A SO RES. 



293 

 COLUMBIDJS. 



THE STOCK DOVE. 



Columba anas. 



Columba amas, Stock Dove, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 390. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 408. 



JENTNS, Brit. Vert. p. 161. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Colombe columbin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 445. 



MONTAGU appears to have considered the Rock Dove 

 and the Stock Dove but as one species, applying the trivial 

 name cenas to the Rock Dove, which is truly described, 

 and giving no description of the Stock Dove. Bewick has 

 figured the Rock Dove under the specific name ofcenas, and 

 remarks that the Stock Dove, Rock Pigeon, and "Wood 

 Pigeon, with some small differences, may be included under 

 the same denomination. Dr. Fleming has also called his 



