STOCK PIGEON. 



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outer edge : the feathers of the neck have no re- 

 flection: the tarsi are of a deep reddish-violet: 

 the irides are white: and the tip of the beak 

 dusky. 



STOCK PIGEON. 

 (Columba (Enas.) 



Co. ccerulescens , cervice viridi-nitente, jugulo pectoreque vina- 

 ceis, dor so postice cinerascente, macula alarum duplici caudaque 

 apice fiigricantibus. 



Bluish Pigeon, with the cervix of a shining green, the jugulum 

 and breast vinaceous, the hinder part of the back cinerascent, 

 with a double spot on the wings, and the tip of the tail 

 black. 



Columba CEnas. Linn. Syst, Nat. 1. 279. 1. jS. — Linn, Faun, 

 Suec. No. 207. — G7nel. Syst, Nat. I. yQ^.—Briss. Orn. 1. 86. 

 5. — Raii. Syn. p, 62. A. 10. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 5Qg. 1.— 

 Temm. Pig, Ind. 457.—Temm. Man. dVrn. 277.—Nills. Orn, 

 Suec. l.p. 293. 



Colombe Colombin. Temm. Pig, Jam. seconde. pi, 11 . — Id. edit. 

 8vo. p. 118. 



Stock Pigeon, or Stock Dove. Penn. Brit. Zool. II. App. 605. 

 Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 329- A.-^Albin. Birds. 2. 46. — Lath. Gen, 

 Syn. 4. 604. 1. — Lath. Syn. Sup. p. 197. 1. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 

 4. 128. — Don. Brit. Birds. 5. pi. 107. — White's Selburn.p. 98. 

 100. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. — Bewick^ Brit. Birds. I. 267. — Lo'co. 

 Faun. Oread, p, 52. — Bing. Anim, Biog. 2. p. 220. 



This bird measures fourteen inches in length: 

 its beak is of a pale red : the head ash-coloured : 



