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KING PIGEON, OR CUSHAT. 
Columha palumbus — Linnaeus. 
(vignette title-page.) 
Columba palumbus, Linn. i. 282. sp. 19. — Lath. Ind. OrnitK 
ii. 601. sp. 32. — Le Pigeon Ramier, Buff. Ois. ii. p. 531. 
t. 24. Id. pi. enl. 316 Temm. Pig. et Gal. v. i. p. 78. — 
Ring Pigeon, Br. Zool. No. 102 Ring-Dove, Mont. Orn. 
Diet Seibg's I tins. Br. Ornith. i. 406. p. 56. fig. 1. 
In tbe title-page vignette of the present volume, 
our readers will recognize an animated representation 
of this indigenous species, taken from a beautiful draw- 
ing by Mr Stewart. It is a bird widely disseminated 
throughout Europe, either as a permanent resident, 
or as a periodical visitant ; in the first state, in all 
those countries where the climate and temperature 
are such as to ensure a constant supply of food, and 
in the latter, in those higher latitudes where the ri- 
gour of winter is severely felt, and the ground for a 
long period remains covered with snow. Of its geo- 
graphical distribution in other quarters of the globe, 
we can only speak with uncertainty, as it is evident, 
that species, bearing a resemblance in form and co- 
lour, have been mistaken for it, and as such record- 
