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principle they become good Carriers, and are oftener made use of 

 in England than the true Carrier, as that bird is in too great 

 estimation to risk the loss of it on every trifling occasion.* 



R.— Columba gutturosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 593. p. Lin. i. 280. Gm. Lin. i. 771. Bris. i. 



78. K. Id. 8vo. i. 16. Klein, 118. 2. Id. Ov. 33. t. 16. f. 5. Borowsk. iii. 210. 



5. Rati, 60. 2. Will. 131. 2. t. 34. Id. Engl. 181. pi. 34. Frisch, 1. 146. Brun. 



No. 2. 2. & Var. Sepp, Vog. t. 208. 

 Der Kropfer, Naturf. xvii. 75. 

 Pigeon Grosse-gorge, Buf. ii. 505. pi. 17. 18. Sonnin. vii. p. 176. pi. 57. Tern. Pig. 



fol. p. 32. Id. 8vo. p. 195. 

 Powter Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 613. 



This is of the size of the Roman Pigeon, and has the faculty of 

 filling its crop with wind, till it appears of a monstrous size; it 

 varies much,t partaking of several others, according to the mixture 

 of breeds. 



S.— Columba Percussor, Ind. Orn. ii. 593. r. Bris. i. 79. M. Id. 8vo. 17. Gm. Lin. i. 



771. Raii, 60. 9. Will- 132. 9. Id. Engl. 182. 9. Brun. No. 218. 

 Smiter Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 614. 



I do not find any particular description given of this bird, for it 

 is singular only from its clapping the wings together whilst flying, 

 so as to be heard at some distance ; and from this violence the quills 

 are frequently so injured, as to render it a difficult matter for the bird 

 to fly at all. 



* It is recorded of a Dragoon Pigeon, a breed between a Horseman and Carrier, that it 

 flew from St. Edmund's Bury, to Bishopsgate Street, London, in two hours and a half, 

 being 72 miles. — Treatise on Domestic Pigeons, p. 90. 



f The Parasine (or Parisian) Powter is much esteemed, and it is said that 20 guineas 

 have been given for a pair of Powters. The Cropper, and Uploper also belong to this 

 Variety. Buffon mentions 1-3 Varieties. 



