D O V 
^as is common in the Dove kind, are redj and the 
claws are brown. The extreme length of the tail, 
which is (haped like that of the magpie, is the moft 
fingular feature in this fpecies, which appears to be 
a native of the Weft Indies. 
Dove, Transverse Striped. This bird is 
one of the fmalleft of the Dove kind. The bill, 
which is fhaped as in the reft of the pigeon tribe, 
is of a light horn-colour; from the noftril to the eye, 
and round the latter, runs a narrow white ftroi:e; 
the irides are a blue grey ; the forehead round the 
eyes, the cheeks, and parts under the bill, are light 
blue; the crown and hinder part of the head are 
red, or rather ruffet; the fore-part of the neck, the 
breaft, the belly, and the thighs, are a faded rofe or 
bloflbm-colouri the feathers under tlie tail are 
white; the fides of the neck, and of the body un- 
der the wings, are blueifti, tliick fet with very fine 
tranfverfe lines of a darker hue; the upper fide of 
the back, the neck, the wings, and the tail, are ci- 
nereous; the hinder part of the neck, the back, and 
covert-feathers of the wings, are marked with very 
diftin(5l black tranfverfe lines, which are continued 
from wing to wing acrofs the back, with fmall in- 
terruptions; the greater quills are fomewhat darker 
than the coverts of the wings; the tail is more dulky 
than the body, it's tip, for about an inch deep, 
being white; the legs and feet are a pale red; and 
the claws are brown. This Dove, which is a na- 
tive of the Eaft Indies, was firft defcribed by the 
accurate Edwards, who copied it from a living 
fubjeft in the poflefiion of Sir Charles Wager. 
Dove, Greenland. This bird feems to be a 
, fpecies of diver, or the colymbus grylle of Linnaeus. 
The bill is an inch and a half long, ftraight, fien- 
der, and black; on each wing there is a large bed 
of Vv'hite, which in young birds is fpotted; and, ex- 
cept the tips of the lefler quill-feathers, and the in- 
terior coverts of the wings, which are white, the reft 
of the plumage is black. In winter it is faid to 
change to white; and a variety, fpotced with black 
and white, is frequently feen in Scotland. The 
tail is compofed of twelve feathers ; and the legs are 
red. 
Thefe birds, which are always feen hovering 
over the fea except during their breeding feafon, 
frequently elude the fkill of the beft markfman, on 
account of their dexterity in diving under the wa- 
ter. The Welfii denominate this bird the cafgan- 
llongwr, or the lailor's hatred, from a fuperftitious 
notion that it's appearance always indicates an ap- 
proaching ftorm. It vifits the ifle of St. Kilda, 
one of the Hebrides, in the month of March ; and 
conftrufts it's neft under ground, where it lays one 
greyifti egg, marked with cineritious fpots. 
Dove, Brown Indian. This bird, which is 
about the fize of the fmall white Dove, is com- 
monly bred in a cage. The bill is of a duflcy 
black colour; the circle round the eyes is a very 
bright fcarlet inclining to gold; beyond which 
there is a fine blue inclofure, which joins to the 
corners of the mouth, and terminates backwards 
in angles a little behind the eyes. The fore-part 
of the head, the neck, and the breaft, are a light 
ycllowifii brown; and the hinder part of the head 
and the neck are a darker brown. Beneath tiie 
ears, on each fide, there is a long black ftroke tranf- 
verfely placed, and compofed of very fhort plu- 
mage, the feathers beneath thefe marks having a 
greenifti and r^olden luftre by turns when viewed 
in different lights; and the remainder of the hind- 
part and fides of the neck have a purplilh glofs. 
D R A 
The upper part of the back, the covert- feathers of 
the wings, and fome of the dorfal quills, are a dark 
reddifii brown, varying fometimes to a blueifh caft; 
the greater quills are black, with lighter coloured 
tips ; the middle quills are of the fame hue, with 
pretty deep white tips; and the coverts of the quills 
have alfo deep tips of white, which form an oblique 
tranfverlr bar. The infides of the wings, the belly> 
and the covert-feathers under the tail, are a light 
blueifli afti-colour; the lower part of the back, and 
the upper covert-feathers of the tail, are a dark 
afh-colour; the rvv'o middle feathers of the tail are 
of the fame brown hue with the back and wings ; 
the odier feathers on each fide are a dark cinere- 
ous colour, with white tips about an inch deep; 
the legs and feet are covered with red fcaks; and 
the claws are brown. The Brown Indian Dove is 
a native of the Eaft Indies. 
Dove, Violet, Red-Headed, of Sonnerat. 
This fpecies, v/hich inhabits the ifle of Antigua in 
the Oriental ocean, is about the fize of the pigeon 
called jacobin by French naturalifts. A fiefliy 
membrane of a vivid red colour extends on each 
fide of the head from the bale of the bill beyond 
the eye, which it encircles; the top of the head is 
covered with a fine plumage which forms a kind of 
bright red cap; the neck, the top of the back, and 
the beginning of the breaft, are a blueifn grey, 
which becomiCS more bright on the lower part of 
the breaft; the back, the belly, the wings, and the 
tail, have the appearance of black velvet, which 
changes to purple, and refleds a blueifli tinge; 
the feet and beak arc grey; and the irides are com- 
pofed of a large red circle, and one more narrow 
which is grey. 
Dove, Green, of Sonnerat. The head of 
this fpecies, which is about the fize of die Eu- 
ropean wood-pigeon, is of a greyifh cinereous hue, 
and the neck a bright lilach. There is a large 
orpine-coloured fpot on the breaft; the coverts of 
the wings are an apple green encompaiTed by a 
longitudinal yellov/ ftreak on the outer fide; th^ 
greater quills of the wings and the tail are black; 
the belly is a yellowifti green; the beak is jfhort 
and greyifh ; the irides are a ftcy-blue furrounded 
with a reddilh circle; ?nd the feet are of a dull 
golden colour. This beautiful bird, v/hich is a 
native of the ifle of Lucon, was firft defcribed by' 
Sonnerat in his Voyage to New Guinea. 
DOVELLA. An appellation given by fome 
naturalifts to the fifh called donzeliina by the Ita- 
lians; and, according to Artedius, a fpecies of the 
labrus ; which author diftinguifiies it by the name 
of the variegated labrus with two large teeth in the ■ 
upper jaw. 
DOZELLINA. An appellation given by fome 
naturalifts to the common muftella, knov/n in Eng- 
land bv the names of the fea-loche and whiftle- 
fifli. 
DRACHMA. A fpecies of American lizard. 
DRAGON. A fabulous animal which credu- 
lity has reprefentcd under the fimilitude of a fer- 
pent with wings and feet. The ancients have 
given a variety of defcriptions of this imaginary 
creature, and afcribed to it very numerous and con- 
tradiilory qualities; to all which they were proba- 
bly led by fome extraordinary animals of the fer- 
pent kind, v/hofe fingularity, fize, or figure, at- 
trafted their attention, and gave fcope to their 
invention. 
DRAGON-FLY. A numierous genus of four- 
winged flies, belonging to the order of neucoptera 
in 
