CHAPTER II. 



CROSSES AND FERTILITY OF WILD SPECIES OF PIGEONS. 



The species employed with some success in croinu; an- the follow inn: 



. 

 l. Oriental turtledove I,,,, 



nwpean turtle-dove ................ ,,, r ,m 



.. Chinese turtle-dove ........... 



i. r^ turtle-dove ............... , ii:l! . 



... Surate turtle-dove ................. 



(-. Senegal turtle-dove .................... siign 



,. Blond ring-dove ...................... Btreptopeli ' 



e ................................. 



B. Japanese ring-dove ........................ ... ,|,, u , 



m. Red ring-dove ....................................... ,, 



" \ ape ring-dove ........................................... 



'-' ,'""" '">-<l<vc ................... ,| : ,, 



1/13. I a-M.,,ee,-p,geon ................................ 



l I. Mourning-dove ........................ /maid.. 



'" S??? ida ^ loTB ......................................... /cnaida vin 



18. White-winged pigeon ....................... M.'|.,|,..|j.-i 1,-u, ,,,,!, ,., i.i,,,,. 



IT. \\oo,| pigeon .................... i -,.|, !,:! palm,,' 



is. Tibetan pigeon ................................................... I,,,,,, 



lit. Guinea-pigeon .......................................... KtlinPM |. jm ,. 



20. Y\ ild rock-pigeon ........................................ livia n,,, m . 



21. Btoek-dove .............................................. , j.j,,,,. 



DdHicxIii- nin-x rni.x.srr/ n-illi firiil. 

 -- I'''i"til (Muck) ................................................... C,,liit,,l.:i l;iti,-., 



2K. K:int!til (\vliit(>) ................................................... |.,,j, 



25. Tumbler Kvr . 



20. Archangel ... HK, 



27. Mondain admiittn. 



2s. ( 'hecquered rock 



29. Two-barred rock Ijvia . : 



:;i). Owl-rock hybrid turbata X 



Besides these primary crosses, most of the hybrids have been bred. <r. where 

 not fertile, the fertility has been repeatedly tested. In other cases fertile hybrids 

 have been crossed with hybrids of other species, and as many as live species thus 

 combined in a final hybrid. (A 1/7) 



Other irilil x/tn-iix I'rul in rn/ilii-iti/. 



31. Spotted pigeon Collllllba n nun. 



32 riifina Temm. 



33. Hand-tail fogciata .- 



31 gyiiiiiiiptltnlina Temm. 



35. White-crowned pigeon leu. mn. 



.'ill. Kversmann's dove inanni Up. 



.'!7. Inca-dove ......................................... >' 'i^laf. ll:i inc-:. 



3S .............................................. l.rpt|iti' 



3! ................................................. liRld: 



40 ............................................................ i-Mi't .:!. mnd Slv. 



41. Crcslcd piycon .......................................... < >ryph:ip> lnpli.it. ^ 'I'i'iiilii. 



42. Zcnaida-clovc ........................... Xrnaida ainahili^ Up 



43. Bronze-win^ ........................... Pliaj'> chaloopten I.ath. 



44. White-faced pigeon ....................... Lnn-.^arei:! pi 



45. Recl-shouldcrcd dove ............................ Ceopelia liinnerali> Ti'inin. 



40. IVaeefnl ground-dove ........................... ..... tr:iiic|iiilla CoitM. 



47. Barred Rronnd-dovo ............... -'in. 



is. Diainiind-dovc .................... cuneata Lath. 



49. Quail-dove ......................... 



50. Florida ground-dove ............... < 'liama-iM-H l.inn. 



.'.I. (! round-dove ....................................... 



r>->. Hroii7.c-wiiiK ................................... tana 'r.-nnn. i: 



1 Honapartc. ( 'on.sp. Av.. 11, (i.'i. 1S.'>4. See ( 'liaplrr XV for full disrus^ion. -KniroH. 



2 Two specific names are in use for the mourning-dove. The A. O. I'. Cheek-lint adopt-. ., -..urn. given hy Kdwsrrls 

 (Birds, 1, p. 125, 1750) and accepted by l.inna-us ,S. \ ..... 1. \. 17:,s>. This piireon. h"we\er. ha> universally 

 known, both in Kurope and Ameriea. as rnmlini-nsis. a name I.estowed by Catesby (Car.. I. p. I'l. 17.".! I'll, u-e of this 

 name has been sanctioned by an overwhelming majority of authors and in all the standard works on pjgroi 

 treatment of the definition of several of the species of Str, ;>,',. ;)./m here listed is given in Chapter XV and in Vol. I. K 



