BKITISH BIRDS. 



COL UMB^E. COL UMBID^E. 



ERRATA TO YOL. III. 



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86, 28, dele Northern. 



124, 6, for Oxfordshire read Cambridgeshire. 



143, 19, for porzana read maruetta. 



200, 22, for at Hawold. Across the' Humber, it would appear, read at 



Hawold, across the Humber. It would appear, &c. 



241, 28, for St. Michael's-in-Wyse read St. Michael's-on-Wyre. 

 297, 5, for Shrenck read Schrenck. 

 310, 1, insert LIMICOLJ:. 



331, 19, for (1688) read (1678). 



364,. 13, for Pryor read Pryer. 



399, 31, for Lancashire read Lancashire. 

 405, 9, for stragger read straggler. 



415, 31, for Lyons read Lyon. 



453, 20, for is read are. 

 489, 4, dele recurved. 



513, 30, deflate. 



598, 35, dele the. 



609, 2, for ICHTYAETOS read ICHTHYAETUS. 

 663, 9, for pray read prey. 



678, 27, for of the others dusky read of the others also mainly white, but 

 somewhat dusky towards the tips. 



COLUMBA, Linnceus^-. Bill moderate, straight at the base, compressed, the 

 point deflected. Base of the upper mandible covered with a soft skin, in which 

 the nostrils are pierced. Tarsi short, anteriorly scutellate, posteriorly scurfy ; 

 feet, three toes in front, entirely divided, one toe behind. Wings, long, broad, 

 rather pointed ; the second quill-feather longest. Tail of twelve feathers nearly 

 even. 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 282 (1766). f Tom. cit. p. 279. 



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