410 RASORES. COLUMBA. ROCK-DOVE. 



greater ones spotted and barred with black, but not 

 forming any defined bar, as in the above-mentioned spe- 

 cies. Quills blackish-grey; the outer webs, near the 

 base of the feathers, passing into bluish-grey. Lower 

 part of the back and tail-coverts bluish-grey. Tail 

 bluish-grey, with a broad black bar at the end ; and 

 having the outermost feather margined with white. 

 Wings, when closed, reaching to about half the length 

 of the tail. Irides brownish-red. Legs and toes bright 

 cochineal-red. 



The female scarcely differs from the male bird, except 

 that the iridescent reflections upon the neck are not so 

 bright. 



ROCK-DOVE, 



COLUMBA LIVIA, Linn. 

 PLATE LVI. FIG. 2. 



Columba livia, Briss. Ornith. v. 1. p. 82. sp. 3 Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. 



p. 590. sp. 2. var. B. 

 Colombe Biset, Buff. Ois. v. 2. p. 498 Id. PL Enl. 510 Temm. Pig. et 



GalL v. 1. p. 125 Id. edit. fol. pi. 12 Id. Man. d'Ornith. v. 2. p. 446. 

 Haustaube, Secfut. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 971 Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 



v. 1. p. 288. 



Biset, and White-rumped Pigeon, Lath. Syn, 4. p. 605. 2. A. 

 Rock Dove, Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Sup. 

 The Wild Pigeon, Bewick, 1. p. t. 26?. 

 The Common Pigeon, or Wild Dove, Low's Faun. Oread, p. 52. 



PROVIN ci AL Rockier. 



ALTHOUGH this species seems to have fallen frequently 

 under the notice of our ornithologists (as may be gathered 

 from their descriptions, and the localities they have given to 

 it), yet it has evidently always been attended by the original 

 supposition of this and the preceding species being- identical. 

 In form and size they very nearly agree; the Rock-Dove 

 being, perhaps, rather more slender. The predominant 

 shades of each are also much the same; the principal varia- 



