GREEN-WINGED DOVE. 
cannot well be doubted ; and, from such in- 
tercourse, added to the many natural varieties, 
local and accidental, have arisen the very nu- 
merous tribes of Pigeons now known in Eu- 
rope. But still, as in the above descriptions of 
Goldsmith, by a discerning eye, the genuine 
Dove, with it's amiable and aifedlionate habits, 
may easily be recognized, as a distin61: bird 
from the Pigeon. 
Even from the predominant hues of their 
feathers alone, little as feathers are to be relied 
on in discriminating birds, an idea may some- 
times be formed : the beautiful brown which 
takes it's name from the Dove is well known, 
and there is a blue almost equally chara6le- 
ristic of the Pigeon; varied as both almost 
constantly are with other colours. 
Among the various species of the Dove, 
there are few more beautiful than that which 
we have figured from Edwards ; and which 
that accurate and judicious naturalist has de- 
nominated the Green-Winged Dove. 
Tlie bill of this bird, which is a native of the 
East Indies, is nearly an inch longj it is of a 
scarlet 
