BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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THE Rock-dove (Columba livia, Brisson) is another resident 

 in the British Isles, and is also found in most parts of the 

 Western Palearctic Region, with the exception of the Far 

 North. The adult male can at once be distinguished from 

 the stock-dove by each wing having two broad black 

 transverse bars, and lower back and rump being white. 

 Irides, orange ; bill, blackish ; legs and feet, red. Length, 

 from eleven to thirteen inches. The female is similar to 

 the male, but is less in size. The young show no sheen on 

 the plumage. 



