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jy fColumba?’. 
v ’ t Columbine. Faun. Am. Sept. 
7. Colum ba, 1 1 9* Migratoria. 285'. 36. Migratory 
Pigeon. J Pigeon. Catefb. I. 23. Kalm II. 
p. 82. t. Paflenger Pigeon, Faun. Am. Sept. 11. 
Severn River, N° 63. Wood-pigeon. 
Thefe pigeons are very fcarce bo far northward as 
Severn river, but abound near Moofe-fort, and 
further inland to the fouthward. Their com- 
mon food are berries and juniper buds in 
winter ; they fly about in great flocks, and 
are reckoned good eating. This account is 
confirmed by Kalm in his travels (Englifh 
edition) Vol. II. p. 82 and 31 k They hatch 
only two eggs at a time, and their nefls are 
built in trees. Their eyes are fmall and black, 
the irides yellow, the feet red : the neck fine- 
ly glofled with purple, brighter in the male. 
They weigh 9 ounces. 
8. Alauda.^20. Aipeflris.. 289. ro. Klein, Hift. of 
Lark. J Birds, 4m. p. 73. Shore Lark, F.aun. 
Am. Sept. 12. Catefb. I. 32. 
Albany Fort, N° 6. 
This fpecies is indifferently defcribed by Linneus, 
who fays that all the tail-feathers on their in- 
.ner web are white, ( redlricibus dimidio in- 
terior e albis) ; though it does not appear that 
he faw a fpecimen of it himfelf. Both the 
