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doubt the Wood Pigeon being distinct from the Rock Pigeon, 
as also does Colonel Montagu ; but, after what has been stated 
above, we think little doubt can remain of the propriety of their 
separation. 
We have now, therefore, five species of Pigeons in the British 
Isles, viz. — C. Palumbus, or Ring Pigeon, C. iEnas, Wood Pi- 
geon, C. Livia, Rock Pigeon, C. Turtur, Turtle Dove or Wrekin 
Dove, and, as a rare straggler, C. Migratoria or Migratory 
Pigeon, which we shall proceed to describe. 
