ii8 ORDO AVIVM. 



Fam. §■ LVIII. 



G e ^; G E N V S XVII. 



XVI1 - Colvmbvs, Xdubct; colvmba, Xaube, Sdubtn; 

 mpirega w<;«, Coiumba domeftica ; ^afyme, ^eimifd)^ <5d)laa'Xau.' 

 be; venct&xoe, Coiumba fera, QSSilbe, Codf), Jjpol^, <5teuv£aube* 



Pedes habent rubros, breves, alasque longas; vocem gemibundam. 

 Etiamfi roflra inter fe differant, tenuiora, crafliora, breviora, longiora, 

 comparata tamen funt in utraque mandibula prout roftra Gallinacei, qui- 

 bus citiffime grana quaecunque legunt. Et glandibus ferae vefcuntur. Alte 

 volantes diutifTime in aere vagantur. Monogamae funt; Domefticae, 

 *5fi)la9'XciUben, coloribus, prout Gallinaceinoftrates, variae. Gesn. & 

 Aldrov. mulras ipecies congregarunt ; Notiffimas colligere animus nobis. 

 Ferx funt vel Palumbi, vel Turtures, majores fcil. vel minores. 



I. Colvmba Rvsticorvm, vulgaris , arvorum; QDauet * Jelb- 

 $Pa(teten?£aube, The common Pidgeon or Dove, Dove Houfepigeon, 

 Dale, Tayler, Albin III. 42. negis-ega, Jimplic. The common wild Dove 

 or Pigeon, Sloane p. 302. They are frequent (to Jamaica) every where, 

 and multipley in Dove Houfes, as in England. Oviedo fimiles efle ait hi- 

 fpanicis Lib. XIV. c. 3. 



II. Colvmba Gvttvrosa. Kroppers Dowe. f^topffet, (£tOP* 

 ptt* ^tepper» Ingluviem valde dilatare poteft, ut eredta quandoque fe 

 pedibus fuffinere nequeat; Hanc & reliquas domefticas cx Colnmba VII 

 vel ex Vinagine ortas efle, ut opinatur Dn. Linnxus, valde dubito. 



III. Colvmba Laticavda, Tremvla, Pavonia ; Bread tail'd 

 Shaker; ^fauXaitbe; quod cauda plus minus fornicata ad Pavonum 

 inftar iiiperbit, collo tremulo. 



IV. Colvmba Tabellaria; Cera magna in roftro, ^atiebette; 

 Curriers; the Horsman Pidgeon. Albin II. 45. Fortiter volat. Ipfe ejus- 

 modi Columbis literas concredidi ex praedio in civitatem deportandas ; 

 fed necefle eft, ut columbarii civitateniis inquilina fit. 



V. Colvmba Cvcvllata; Belgis: Capper; Anglis: Jacobine. 

 Columba cyprica ; quarum variae fubfpecies, alterae pedibus nudis, alterae 

 pedibus plumofis. Huc pertinent Tympanift<e, XtUmmeltauben, vid. 

 Albin III. 43. 



VI. Colvmba Tvrcica. Turbita, a roflro brevi turbinato; 

 ^teifei'©d)n(iblet; & quae plures funt domefticae, ut Percuflbres, 



