PIGEON. 7 



As to the Varieties of the Common Pigeon, we shall be as short as 

 possible in our account of them here. Whoever may wish to know 

 more, may consult Willughby's Ornithology , JMoore's Columbarium, 

 Treatise on Domestic Pigeons, with several other books, written 

 expressly on the subject; and in respect to the general nature, the 

 Histoire des Oiseaux of Buffon may be read with advantage. 



A;— Columba Livia, bid. Om. ii. p. 590. /3. Bris. i. 82. 3. Id. 8vo. i. 18. Gm. Lin. i. 



769. Rati, 62. 8. Will. 136. Id. Engl. 186. Klein, 119. 10. Roman. Om.i. 



83. Gerin. iii. t. 371. Tern. Man. d'Orn. p. 279. Id. Ed. ii. p. 447. 

 Colombe Biset sauvage, Tern. Pig./ol. pi. 12. Id. 8vo. i. p. 125. 

 Le Biset, Buf. ii. 498. PI. enl. 510. Hist. Prov. i. 490. 

 Hause Taube, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. 971. 

 Le Ramier, Hist. Suriri.'u. 164. (m) 

 Stock Dove, Albin, iii. pi. 44. 

 Biset Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 605. 2. A. 



Size of the others. Lower part of the back white ; it has also 

 two black bands on the wings, and one of the outer tail feathers 

 white on the outer web ; in other things it answers to the foregoing. 

 Some are of opinion, that the Biset is the stock from whence all the 

 others have arisen, which we cannot deny with any certainty. 



B.— Columba rupicola, bid. Om. ii. 590. y. Raii, 63. A. 11. Will. 136. Id. Engl. 



186. 9. Gm. Lin.\. 769. Bris. i. 84. Id. 8vo. i. 19. Klein, US. ix. 

 Rock Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 608. Br. Zool. 1812. i. pi. 49. 



Size of the last, but more inclined to ash-colour; the bands on 

 the wings of a blackish brown ; and the quills brown. 



C. — Columba Hispanica, Ind. Om. ii. 590. J. Lin. i. 279. Borowsk. iii, 210. 

 Columba Romana, Bris. i. 71. Id. 8vo. i. 13. Gm. Lin. i. 770. It. Wgoth. 8. 

 Pigeon romain, Buf. ii. 510. PI, enl. 110. Temm. Pig./ol. pi. 21. Jd.8vo. 194. 



