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DOMESTIC PIGEON. 



(Columba livia.) 



Co. cinereO'Ccerulescens, fascia alarum duplici nigra, dorso in- 



Jeriore albo, pectore dilute vinaceo, apice caudcB nigricante. 

 Grey-bluish Pigeon, with a double black band on the wings, 

 the lower part of the back white, the breast pale vinaceous, 

 the tip of the tail dusky. 

 Columba livia. Temm, Pig, Ind.p. 451. — Temm, Man. d^Orn. 

 27Q. 



Columba domestica livia. GmeL Syst, Nat, 1. p, 769. Lath, 



Ind. Orn. 1, p, 59O. 2. — Raii. Syn, p, 62. 8. — Briss, Orn. 1. 

 p, 82. 3. — Nills. Orn. Suec. p, 295. 

 Colombe biset. Buf, Ois. 2. 4g8,—'Buf, PL Enl, 510.'— Temm, 



Pig. {Sdo.) p. 125. 

 Biset Pigeon. Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. p. 605. 2. A. 

 Rock Dove. Mont, Orn, Diet. 1. 

 Var. a. Minor versicolor , dorso inferiore albo. 

 Less, varying in colour, with the lower part of the back white. 

 Columba livia domestica. Temm, Pig. Ind, p. 452. 

 Columba domestica. Linn. Faun, Suec, 207 . — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1, p. 769. — Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. p. 58Q, 

 Columba vulgaris seu domestica. Raii. Syn. p, sg. — Briss. Orn. 



i,p.68. 



Columba saxatilis. Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. p. 76g. — Briss. Orn. 1. 

 p, 84. 4. 



Columba rupicola. Raii. Syn, 1. p. 63. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. p. 

 590. 



Le Pigeon commun ou domestique. Buf, Ois, 2. p, 501.— 



Buf. PL EnL 466,— Temm. Pig. {8vo,) jo. 193. 

 White-rumped Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. p, 605. 2. 

 Rock Pigeon. Lath, Gen, Syn, 4. p. 6O8, 

 Var. ^. Versicolor, cerd albidofurfuraced. 

 Of various colours, with the cere whitish. 

 Columba livia hispanica. Temm. Pig. Ind. p, 452. 



