﻿PIGEON. 



We fhall notice below in brief many of the varieties of the 

 Pigeon tribe; but whoever wifhes to read more, may confult 

 Willughly s Ornithology — Moore's Columbarium — Treatife on Dome* 

 Jlic Pigeons, &c. ; and in regard to the nature of them, efpecially 

 what Buff on fays on the fubjecl : for our part, we fear to have 

 already exceeded our ufual intention of brevity ; and thereforej 

 waving all further account, return to our general defcriptions. 



2. 



Var. B. 

 ROCK P. 



Le Pigeon de Roche, ou le Rocheraye, Brif. orn. i. p. 

 Columba rupicola, Rati Syu. p. 63. A. 11. 

 Rock Pigeon, Will. orn. p. 186. 9. 



84.4. 



Description. ClZE of the Bifet, but is more inclined to afh-colour : the 

 bands acrofs the wings are of a blackifh brown : and the 

 quills brown. 



Var. C. 

 ROMAN P. 



Description. 



Columba Hifpanica, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 279. N° 2. 



Le Pigeon Romain, Brif. orn. i. p. 71. N° 2. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 510.—?/. enl. 



110. 

 Columba domeftica major, Rait Sjn. p. 60. N"i. 

 Greater Tame Pigeon, Will. orn. p. 181. t, 33. 34. 



Lev. Muf. 



HIS meafures fifteen inches, and is double the fize of the 

 Common Pigeon. It is defcribed as greatly varying in co- 

 lour j and is fuppofed by Briffon to give rife to all the varieties 

 found in the repofuories of our fanciers in this branch, 



Columba 



