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DOMESTIC PIGEON. 



(Columba livia.) 



Co. dnercO'C&rulescenSf fascia alarum duplici nigrd, dorso in- 



Jeriore albo, pectorc dilute vinaceo, apice cauda nigricante. 

 Grey-bluish Pigeon, with a double black band on the wings, 



the lower part of the back white, the breast pale vinaceous, 



the tip of the tail dusky. 

 Columba livia. Temm. Pig. Ind.p. 451. Temm. Man. d'Orn. 



p. 27<5. 

 Columba domestica livia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 769. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. p. 5QQ. 2. Raii. Syn. p. 62. 8. Briss. Orn. 1 . 



p. 82. 3. NiUi. Orn. Suec. p. 295. 

 Colombe biset. Buff. Ois. 2. 4g8.Buf.PL Enl 5\Q.Temm. 



Pig. (8t>o.) p. 125. 



Biset Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 605. 2. A. 

 Rock Dove. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. 

 Var. a. Minor versicolor, dorso inferiore albo. 

 Less, varying in colour, with the lower part of the back white. 

 Columba livia domestica. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 452. 

 Columba domestica. Linn. Faun. Suec. 207- Gmel. Syst. Kal. 



1. p. 769. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 58p. 

 Columba vulgaris seu domestica. Raii. Syn. p. 59. Briss. Orn. 



l.p.68. 

 Columba saxatilis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 769. Briss. Om. 1. 



p. 84. 4. 

 Columba rupicola. Itaii. Syn. 1. p. 63. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 



590. 

 Le Pigeon coinmun ou domestique. Buff. Ois. 2. p. 501. 



Buff. PI. Enl. 466. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 193. 

 White-rumped Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. p. 60S. 2. 

 Rock Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. ;;. 60S. 

 Var. &. Versicolor, cerd albido^urfuraceA. 

 Of various colours, with the cere whitish. 

 Columba livia hispanica. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 452. 



