COLUMBA PALUMBUS. 



RING-DOVE. 



Generic Character. 

 Bill weak and {lender. 



Noftrils placed in a foft protuberance that covers the 



bafe of the bill. 

 Tongue entire. 



Toes 44 divided to their origin." 



Synonyms. 



Co l u mb a Palumbus. Lin. Syfl. 1. p. 282. 19. Ltd. 



Orn. 2. p. 601. 32. IV. Curtis 's Mfs. 

 Ring-Pi Geo n. Br. Zool. 1. 102. Ik f&L 89. tab, 0, 



Ar8l. Zool. 2. p. 329. tab B. Lath, 



Syn. 4. p. 635. 29. Ib.fupt. p* 198. 

 Ring-Dove. Mont. Orn. T>i£l. Vol. 1. Bewick's Br. 



Birds ; Pt. i.p. 272. 



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JL H I S fpecies is about eighteen inches in length, in breadth 

 twenty-nine, and its ufual weight is nearly twenty ounces. 

 Eill very foft ; irides yellow ; legs feathered below the knee ; 

 the female is rather lefs, but correfponds in colour with the 

 male. 



The Wood -Pigeon (as it is ufually called) begins its neft 

 early in the fpring ; it is loofely formed of fmall flicks, and 

 is of fuch a fiimfy texture, that the eggs may generally be feen 



through 



