£. VII. 



The Ring-Dove, Palumbus torquatus. 



+ 1 " ' Hat we defcribed weighed twenty ounces and an half. Its length from the tip of 

 the Bill to the end of the Tail was eighteen inches : Its breadth thirty, 



Its Bill yellowifh, covered for fome fpace from the Head with a red or purpliui 

 skin, wherein are the Nofthrils. Above the Nofthrils is as it were a white Dandroof 

 The Tongue is (harp-pointed, not cloven, but channel'^. The circle about the Pupil 

 of the Eye of a pale yellow. 



The Feet were bare, of a red colour, as in other 'Pigeons. The outmoft Toe by a 

 membrane joyned to the middlemoft as far as the firft joynt. The Legs feathei ed al- 

 raoft down to the foot. 



The upper part of the Neck is adorned with a femicircular line of white, which 

 they call a ring, and from whence the Bird took its name [ Ring-Dove.~\ Both above 

 and beneath this ring the Neck, as it is varioufly objected to the light, appears of va- 

 rious colours. The Head and Back are of a dark alb-colour. The lower part of the 

 Neck, and upper part of theBreftare purplilh, or red, with a certain mixtureiof ci- 

 nereous. The Belly of a light afh-colour, inclining to white. In the Cock thefe co- 

 lours are deeper than in the Hen. 



The quill-feathers in each Wing about twenty four, of which the fecond is the 

 longeft: The ten foremoft or outmoft were black : The fecond, and fucceedins; as far 

 as the feventh, had their utmoft edges white : The reft of the hard feathers were of a 

 dusky a(h-colour. At the bottom or rife of thebaftard Wing a white (pot tending 

 downwards covered the ninth,tenth,eleventh,and twelfth quill-feathers. The Tail was 

 feven inches long, and made up of twelve feathers, the top or end, for two inches 

 and an half, being black, the remaining part cinereous. 



The Liver was divided into two Lobes : It had no Gall-bladder, but a large Gall- 

 channel to convey the Gall into the Guts. 



Thefe Birds in Winter-time company together, and fly in flocks : They build in 

 trees, making their Nefts of a few (ticks and ftraws. They feed upon Acorns, and alio 

 upon Corn,and Ivy and Holly berries. 



§. vnr. 



The StocfcDove or Wood-Pigeon, Oenas, five Vinago. 



"|T is as big or bigger than a common Pigeon. The Cock weighed fourteen ounces 

 J and an half, was from Bill to Tail fourteen inches long, and between the tips of 

 the Wings extended twenty fix broad. The colour and fhape of the body almoft the 

 fame with that of a common Pigeon: The Bill alfo like, and of equal length, of a 

 pale red colour. The Nofthrils were great and prominent. The top of the Head 

 cinereous. The Neck covered with changeable feathers, which as they are varioufly 

 ojbjected to the light, appear of a purple or (hining green s, no Silk like them. The 

 fore-part of the Breaft, the Shoulders and Wings are daftied with a purplifh or* red- 

 wine colour, whence it took the name [ Oenas. ~] The Wings, Shoulders, and middle 

 of the Back are of a dark a(h-colour, the reft of the Back to the Tail of a paler. All 

 the quil-feathers ( except the four or five outmoft, which are all over black, with 

 their edges white ) have their lower part cinereous, and their upper black. The 

 Tail is five inches long, made up of twelve feathers,having their lower parts cinereous, 

 their upper for one third of their length black. The nether fide of the body, ex- 

 cepting the upper part of the Breaft, is all cinereous. The Wings clofed reach not 

 to the end of the Tail. In both Wings are two black fpots, the one upon two or 

 three quil-feathers next the body, the other upon two or three of the covert feathers 

 incumbent upon thole quils : Both fpots are on the outfide the (hafts, and not far from 

 the tips of the feathers. The two outmoft feathers of the Tail have the lower half of „ 

 their exteriour Vanes white. 



The Feet are red, the Claws black : the Legs feathered down a little below the 

 Knees. The blind Guts very ftiort. It had no Gall-bladder that we could find 5 a 

 large Craw, full of Gromil feeds, &c. It had a mufculous Stomach, long Tefticles } 

 and a long Breaft-bone. 



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