204 BIRDS. 
this is certainly it, being fo common in the places 
through which they palled. 
I have feen a fpecies of Partridge, very common 
about the pyramids of Egypt, and in the defarts. 
It is of a greyilh colour, and lefs than our common 
Partridge. This ought certainly to obtain a place 
amongft the birds mentioned in the Scriptures. 
The Arabians call it Katta. An Selaw ? 
45. Columba domeftica*. The Pigeon. 
I had three very Angular and fine varieties of 
this fpecies at Cairo, 1751. 
I. Columba area oculorum lata nuda rugofa pallid 
fanguinea. 
A pigeon, which hath the circle round the eyes 
broad, naked, wrinkled, and of a flefli colour- 
This comes from Arabia. 
2. Columba crifpa. 
This bird is of the fize of the common Pigeon * 
the pinions, or upper part of the wings, are covered 
with fmall ereft curl’d feathers, fomewhat like rk e 
petals of a flower. It is quite white ; I have bee' 1 
informed, that it i3 likewife found of a black c °' 
lour ; but I never faw one of them. It is broug^ 1 
from India. 
3. Columba arabica tremula. The Fan-tail P 1 
geon. 
It is of the fize of a common Pigeon; it carr1 ^! 
its neck very far back, and its head is in conn 3 
x bin. Syft. Nat. P. 162. N. 1. 
tremula^ 011 ’ 
