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RING PIGEON, OR CUSHAT. 



Columba palumbus LINNAEUS. 

 (VIGNETTE TITLE-PAGE.) 



Columba palumbus, Linn. i. 282. sp. 19 Lath. Ind. Ornith. 



ii. 601. sp. 32 Le Pigeon Ramier, Buff. Ois. ii. p. 531. 

 t. 24. Id. pi. enl. 316 Temm. Pig. et Gal v. i. p. 78 

 Ring Pigeon, Br. Zool. No. 102 Ring-Dove, Mont. Orn. 

 Diet S^lby^s Illus. Br. Ornith. i. 406. p. 56. fig. 1. 



IN the title-page vignette of the present volume, 

 our readers will recognize an animated representation 

 of this indigenous species, taken from a beautiful draw- 

 ing by Mr Stewart. It is a bird widely disseminated 

 throughout Europe, either as a permanent resident, 

 or as a periodical visitant ; in the first state, in all 

 those countries where the climate and temperature 

 are such as to ensure a constant supply of food, and 

 in the latter, in those higher latitudes where the ri- 

 gour of winter is severely felt, and the ground for a 

 long period remains covered with snow. Of its geo- 

 graphical distribution in other quarters of the globe, 

 we can only speak with uncertainty, as it is evident, 

 that species, bearing a resemblance in form and co- 

 lour, have been mistaken for it, and as such record- 



