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PIGEON. 



fering chiefly in the eyelids, which are large and black : the ge- 

 neral colour cream or white, with two diltincl black bars acrofs 

 the wings. 



2. 



Var. H. 

 JACOBINE P. 



Descriptiow. 



Columba cucullata, Lin. SjJ}. i. p. 280. 5.— -Faun. Suec. N° 207. £. — Frifcb. 



t. 15&. 

 Le Pigeon nonain, Brif. orn. i. p. 74. E. — Buf. oif. ii. pi. 19. 

 Jacobine, Rati Syn. p. 60. 6. — Will. orn. p. 181. 6. pi. 33. — Alhin. ilk 



P 1 - 43- 



ILL fhort : the feathers of the hind part of the head and 

 neck turn forwards,, giving the appearance of a* cowl. 

 In the Leverian Miifeum is one of a ^ktz colour. The Pigeons: 

 called the Ruff, and Capuchin, belong to this variety. 



2. 



Var. I. 

 LACED P. 



Columba hifpida, Lin. Syft. i. p. 280; 6. 



Le Pigeon frife, Brif. orn. i. p. 76. G. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 519. 3-, 

 Lev. Muf. 



Description. *"p H I S is white, all but the legs, which are red ; and the fea- 



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thers of the whole body loofe in their webs, and curled,, or 

 frizzled. This variety, I believe,, is called the Laced Pigeon*. 

 The Frill-back is alfo fomewhat like this ; the tip of each feather 

 being bent upwards. It is generally white. 



Columba 



