STOCK DOVE. 



R A SORES. 



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COLUMBIDJE. 



THE STOCK DOVE. 



Columba anas. 



Columba anas, Stock Dove, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 390. 

 SEJLBV, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 408. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 161. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. v. 

 Colombe columbin, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 445. 



MONTAGU appears to have considered the Eock Dove 

 and the Stock Dove but as one species, applying the trivial 

 name anas to the Rock Dove, which is truly described, and 

 giving no description of the Stock Dove. Bewick has 

 figured the Rock Dove under the specific name of tenas, and 

 remarks that the Stock Dove, Rock Pigeon, and Wood 

 Pigeon, with some small differences, may be included under 



