RING PIGEON. 



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Palumbus torquatus. Raii. Syn. p. 62. A. Q. 

 Le Pigeon Ramier. Buff, Ois, 2. 531. p. 24,— Buff, PL Enl. 

 316. 



Colombe Ramier. Temm. Pig, {edit. Qvo.) p, 78. 



Ring Pigeon. Penn. Brit, Zool, I. No. 102. — Penn. Arct. Zool. 



2. 329. B, — Hayes. Brit. Birds, t. 15. — Albin. Brit, Birds. 2. 



t. 46. — Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 635. 29, — Lath. Sup. IQS.—Lewin. 



Brit, Birds. 4. p, 129. — Don, Brit. Birds, — Mont. Orn, Diet, 



1. — Betv. Brit. Birds. 1. 270. — Bing. Anim. Biog. 2.p* 222. 



A LARGE species : length seventeen inches and 

 a half : the beak yellowish : the nostrils covered 

 with a reddish mealy membrane : irides pale yel- 

 low: the head, back, and wing-coverts, bluish- 

 ash ; the first darkest : the upper part of the back 

 inclines to brown ; its lower part, the rump, and 

 forepart of the neck, pale ash-colour ; the rest of 

 the neck and the breast vinaceous, varied with 

 ash : the belly, the thighs, and vent, dirty white : 

 the hind part and sides of the neck are of a green 

 gold colour, inclining to blue, with a copper gloss 

 according to the light : on each side of the neck 

 is a white crescent : the greater quills are dusky ; 

 all of them, the outermost excepted, have their 

 exterior edges whitish ; the secondaries are grey- 

 ish brown : the bastard wing is adorned with a 

 dash of white at its base : the tail is cinereous 

 above, with the extremity dusky ; below, the base 

 and ends are black, the middle hoary: the legs 

 are covered with feathers nearly to the toes ; they 

 are of a red colour, and the claws are black : the 

 female is rather smaller : the young birds have the 

 greyish tint less strong ; and the white on the neck 

 is not visible the first year. 



