STOCK PIGEON. 25 



outer edge : the feathers of the neck have no re- 

 flection : the tarsi are of a deep reddish-violet : 

 the irides are white: and the tip of the beak 



dusky. 



STOCK PIGEON. 

 (Columba CEnas.) 



Co. caerulescens, cercice viridi-nitente, jugulo pectorequc vina- 



ceis, dorso postice cinerascente, macula alarum duplici caudaquc 



apice nigricantibus. 



Bluish Pigeon, with the cervix of a shining green, the jugulum 

 and breast vinaceous, the hinder part of the back cinerascent, 



with a double spot on the wings, and the tip of the tail 



black. 

 Columba OEnas. Linn. Syat. Nat. 1. 279- 1- 0. Linn. Faun. 



Suec. No. 207- Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 1. 769. Brits. Orn. I. 86. 



5. Haii. Syn. p. 62. A. 1O. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 5&g. 1. 



Temm. Pig. Ind. 4.5;. Tcmm. Man. tfOrn.lJJ.Nillt. Om. 



Suec. 1. p. 2p3. 

 Colombe Colombin. Temm. Pig. Jam. seconde. pi. 11 . Id. edit. 



8vo. p. 118. 

 Stock Pigeon, or Stock Dove. Penn. Brit. Zoo/. //. App. 605. 



Penn. Arct. Zoo/. 2. 329. A.Aloin. Birds. 1 }. 46 Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 4. 604. 1. Lath. Syn. Sup. p 197. 1 .Levin. Brit. Birds. 



4. 128 Don. Brit. Birdt. 5. pi. 107. White's Selburn.p. 98. 



1OO. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. Bewick, Brit. Birdt. \ 267. Low. 



Faun. Oread, p. 52. Bing. Anim. Biog. 2. p. 220. 



THIS bird measures fourteen inches in length : 

 its beak is of a pale red : the head ash-coloured : 



