ZENAIDA PIGEON. 
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'with the first primary somewhat shorter than 
tf U Se cond, which is the longest. This group (the 
J e . Pigeons and doves) is, however, so numerous in 
tthv that we cannot but wonder that it should still 
u(' , Un c omparatively untouched by the reforming hand 
r„' )Ur contemporaries { especially seeing that as good 
Par ° tlS may be found for subdividing them as the 
ii"l' r,| ts, and other large natural groups. We may 
the differences exhibited in the form of the 
° s covering tie tarsus, and the shape of the tail, 
'oi l? Bering characters on which sections or genera 
he founded. But as the species of the United 
" hich are those we are to treat of, are but few, 
mall leave the promising task to any one whose 
0 . -“''ches may lead him to engage in it ; and shall only 
hei erve , that the two species described by Wilson 
to a different group from the three we have 
th Produced into the Fall u a of this country. Of 
iina tlle present beautiful dove is the only one hitherto 
fe cril >ed. 
p, his new aud charming little species inhabits the 
hir a keys with the preceding, but is much more 
a Jj’ We have also received it from Culia, and noticed 
L V'dnien in a collection of skins sent from that island 
Tin. MacLeay to the Zoological Society of London. 
;n (! - v are fond' of being on the ground, where they 
w, !h°St commonly observed dusting themselves, and 
for the sravc l ; which, like the gallinaceous 
t|, '' s > they swallow to assist digestion. When flushed, 
d l )r °duce the same whistling noise with tlieir wings 
common turtle dove, Coluviba curolinennis. 
Tv®* Zenaida dove measures ten inches in length. 
Ciw * 5 Somewhat more robust than that ol the 
ail dove, but otherwise perfectly similar, less than 
l a |. lu ch long, black, the corners of the mouth being 
k . l > the irides are dark brown, the pupil of the eyo 
lJ\ e > a nd the eye itself full, giving the whole bird a 
U i , ?nd pleasiuo- expression ; the naked orbits are of 
ksli U, \ sh gray. The whole plumage above is yellowish 
1 brown tin fed with vinaceous on the crown, and 
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