JUNG PIGEON. 13 



Palumbus torquatus. Raii. Syn. p. 62. A. g. 



Le Pigeon Ramier. Bttf. Ois. 2. 531. p. lA.Evff. PI. Enl. 



316. 



Colombe Ramier. Tcmm. Pig. (edit. 8tw>.) p. 78. 

 Ring Pigeon. Pcnn. Brit. Zool. I. No. 102. Perm. Arct. Zool. 



2. 329. B. Hayes. Brit. Birds, t. 15. Albin. Brit. Birds. 2. 



t. 46. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 635. 29. Lath. Sup. \Q8. Lnoin. 



Brit. Birds. 4. p. 129. DOM. Brit. Birds. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



1. Bew. Brit. Birds, l. 270. Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. p. 222. 



A LARGE species : length seventeen inches and 

 a half: the beak yellowish : the nostrils covered 

 with a reddish mealy membrane : hides pale yel- 

 low: the head, back, and wing-coverts, bluish- 

 ash ; the first darkest : the upper part of the back 

 inclines to brown ; its lower part, the rump, and 

 forepart of the neck, pale ash-colour ; the rest of 

 the neck and the breast vinaceous, varied with 

 ash : the belly, the thighs, and vent, dirty white : 

 the hind part and sides of the neck are of a green 

 gold colour, inclining to blue, with a copper gloss 

 according to the light : on each side of the neck 

 is a white crescent : the greater quills are dusky ; 

 all of them, the outermost excepted, have their 

 exterior edges whitish ; the secondaries are grey- 

 ish brown : the bastard wing is adorned with a 

 dash of white at its base: the tail is cinereous 

 above, with the extremity dusky ; below, the base 

 and ends are black, the middle hoary : the legs 

 are covered with feathers nearly to the toes ; they 

 are of a red colour, and the claws are black : the 

 female is rather smaller : the young birds have the 

 greyish tint less strong ; and the white on the nee k 

 is not visible the first year. 



