2i6 COMMON PIGEON. Clafsll. 



fitting, or the young before they can fly. Buftards 

 lay only two eggs, of the fize of thofe of a goofe, of 

 a pale olive brown, marked with fpots of a darker 

 color; they make no nefl;! only ferape a hole in the 

 ground. In autumn they are (in IViltJhirej generally 

 found in large turnep fields near the Downs, and in 

 flocks of fifty or more. 



To this bird we may add the little Buftard of 

 Mr. Edwards^ tab. 251. The Canne fetiere of 

 the French^ Wil. orn. lyq. one of which was fliot 

 in Cornwal ijs^- this being the only one that 

 we have heard of in this kingdom, and probably 

 a ftrayed bird, it muft be denied a place in this 

 work. 



Genus XV. PIGEONS. 



I. The COMMON PIGEON. 



La Pigeon prive. Belon aa;. 2,1^' Le Pigeon domeftique. Brijfon 

 Columba vulgaris. Gefner a'v. C'v. i. 68. 



279. Livia. 307. Le Bifet. 82. 



Columba domeilica. JUr. a'v. Colurnba Oenas. Lln.fyfi. z-jg^ 



ii. 225. Skogs dulwa, Dufwa, Hem- 

 Common wild Dove, or Pigeon. dufwa. Faun. Suec./p. 207. 



Wil orn. 180. and the Stock Kiike-Diie,Skov-Due. 5r//««;f/6. 



Dove, or Wood Pigeon*. 203. 



185. Feldcaube, Hauflaube, Hohl- 

 Haiijyn. a'v. 59, 62. taube. Kram. 358. 



Br. ZooL 88. plate 83. 



TH E tame pigeon, and all its beautiful varieties, 

 derive their origin from one fpecies, the Stock 

 Dove: the Englijh name implying its being the 



• Columba livia. AUr, av. ii. 254. et Oenas, feu vinago 233. 

 3 Jiock 



