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1. (ENAS. STOCK PIGEON, OR DOVE. 



C. ccerulescens, cervice viridi-nitente, dorso postico 

 cinerascente, fascia alarum duplici apiwqite caudoe 

 nigricante. Latham's Index Ondthologicus. 



The bill is pale red ; the irides yellowish red ; 

 plumage bluish ash colour ; the breast tinged with 

 purple ; two black bars on the wings, and one near 

 the tail; the back white; the legs red, with black 

 claws. 



The female lays 2 white eggs. 



They build both in trees and in holes in the cliffs 

 near the sea, and commonly have two broods in a 

 year. 



Montague observes that they greedily devour some species 

 of testaceous litnaces, especially htlix virgata, which so 

 plentifully inhabits the dry rocky hills contiguous to where 

 the bird breeds. 



It has been observed that pigeons do not sip water as 

 other birds, but take, like quadrupeds, a continued draught. 



2. PALUMBUS, RING DOVE. 



C. cinerea, rectricibus poslice atris, remigibus pri- 

 moribus margin*! exterior e albidis, collo utrin- 

 que albb. Lath. 



The bill is red ; the irides yellowish red ; above 

 bluish ash colour ; the breast is tinged with purple ; 



