8 PIGEON. 



Columba Mutinensis minor, Gerin. iii. t. 277. 



Col umba domestica major, Rail, 60. 1. Will. 131. t.33. 34. Id. Engl. 181. 



Roman Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 608. 



This is double the size of the Common Pigeon, and measures 

 fifteen inches in length. It is decribed as greatly differing in colour, 

 and giving rise to all the Varieties in the list of our fanciers in this 

 branch. 



D. — Columba dasypus, Ind.Orn.u. 590. t. Lin.\.279. A. Gm. Lin. i. 770. Frisch. 



t. 145. Bris. i. 73. A. Id. 8vo. i. 14. Roman, i. 78. Borowsk. iii. 210. Zin- 



nan. Uov. 32. t. 4. f. 12. 

 Columba domestica major pedibus pennatis, Gerin, iii. pi. 282. Naturf. xvii. 75. 

 Rough-footed Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 609. Will. Engl. pi. 33. 34. 



This differs in having the legs covered with long feathers, quite 

 to the toes. 



E.— Columba cristata, Lid. Orn. ii. 590. £. JSm.i. 73. B. Id. 8vo. i. 14. Gm. Lin. i. 



770. Frisch, t. 144. Gerin. iii. t. 285. 

 Pigeon huppe, Buf. ii. 510. 

 Crested Pigeon, Gen. Gen. iv. 609. 



This is crested on the head, and has long feathers on the legs as 

 the last. 



F. — Columba Norvegica, Ind. Orn. ii. 591. 17. Bris. i. 74. C. Id. 8vo. i. 14. Gm. Lin. i. 



770. Gerin. iii. t. 284. 

 Columba mercurialis, Brun. No. 215. 

 Norway Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 609. 



This has a crested head, legs as in the two last, but is almost as 

 big as a Fowl ;* the whole is as white as snow. 



* The late Mr. Shipley, of Maidstone, had a Runt Pigeon, sent from Pisa, which out- 

 weighed a cock and hen Bantam Fowl, put together in the opposite scale; the weight was two 

 pounds and a half. 



