Class II. COMMON PIGEON. 



38.'3 



Sect. IV. COLUMBINE. 

 GENUS XVI. PIGEON. 



Bill soft straight. 



Nostrils lodged in a tuberous naked skin. 

 Toes divided to their origin. 



Columba. domestica. C. mi- 

 nor versicolor, dorso inferi- 

 ore albo. Lath. hid. orn. 

 58Q. Id. Syn. iv. 605. 



La Pigeon prive. Belon av. 

 313. 



Columba vulgaris. Gesner av. 



279- 



Columba domestica. Aldr. av. 



ii. 225. 



Common wild Dove, or Pi- 

 geon. Wil. orn. 180. Rock 

 Pigeon. ih. 186. 



Rail Syn. av. 59. C. rupi- 

 cola. id. 63. 



Golob. Scopoli, No. 177. 



Le Pigeon domestique. Brisson 

 av. i. 68. Hist, d'ois. ii. 501. 



J_ HE tame pigeon, and 

 ties, derive their origin 

 Rock Pigeon. These 



* Columba livia. Aldr. av. ii. 234. et Oenas, seu vinago. 

 233. 



f De Ling. Lat. lib. iv. 



■ 



PI. Enl. 466. Le* Biset.l. Common. 



Brisson av. i. 82. Hist, d'ois. 



i. 82. PI. Enl. 510. Le 



Rocheraye. Brisson av. i. 



84. 

 Columba CEnas, domestica 



p. Lin. Syst. 279. C. do- 

 mestica. Gm. Lin. 769. 

 Skogs dufwa, Dufwa, Hem- 



dufwa. Faun. Suec. sp. 



2(Y7. 

 Kirke-Due, Skov-Due. Brim* 



nich, 203. 

 Feldtaube, Haustaube, Hohl- 



taube. Kram. 358. 

 Blau-Taube, or Holtz-Taube. 



Frisch, i. 139. 

 Br. Zool. 88. plate 88. 



all its beautiful varie- 

 from one species, the 

 birds, as Vaiwf ob- 



