PIGEON". 205 



ftony places, under the bufhes. The French call it Ortolan-, the 

 EngHJJj, Ground Dove ; the Dutch, Steen Duifje ; and the Spaniards'^ 

 Palomito. The voice is plaintive and weak, very like that of our 

 Turtle. At Carthagena, on the South American continent, are fooie 

 varieties bigger than others, having few brown fpots, and the 

 belly not fcalloped ; and others with the belly fcalloped in a dif- 

 ferent manner from the others. It will propagate in a ftate of 

 domefticity, the circumftance having been tried at Vienna. 



Columba corenfis, Jacq. Vog. p. jl. N» 25. ^o. x. 



GREY P^ 



CIZE of the Common Pigeon. The eyes are red, furrounded Description:. 



with a naked flcin fpotted with black : general colour of the 



body grey : the feathers on the lower part of the neck appear 



changeable in different lights, as if fcalloped, though really not 



of different colours : the tail even at the end. 



Inhabits Coro, in the diflrift oi Venetxuela, in South America. Is Pcace, 



prized by the inhabitants for food, being eaten young. 



60. ^, 

 PURPLE- 

 CIZE of the Common Pigeon. Bill ftout, dufky ; edges pale : SHOULDERED 



head and neck olive yellow : between the neck and back afh- T^ 



■' . Description, 



^colour : back and wing coverts olive ; the lefler coverts pale pur- 

 ple ; greater coverts and fecondaries flriped longitudinally with 

 black and white : the prime quills are black, but the outer edges 

 of the three firft are white : breaft and belly pale afh : lower part 

 of the tail olive green ; the end dufky ; legs pale orange yellow^ 



inhabits India. Lady Impey. — It feems much allied to the Placsv 



Pompadour Pigeon, N° 12. 



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