brehm’s arrangement of pigeons. 325 
. The following- table of Brehm’s arrangement of the 
European pigeons, will interest some of our readers : — 
Columbine birds. Columbidae. — Leach . 
Genus I. 
Pigeons. Columba. — Linntcus, Bqje> Brehm. 
First Division . 
Ring pigeons. Columbae torquatse. 
1. Hi"h crowned ring pigeon. C. palumbus. — Lin. 
•2. Pine ring pigeon. C. pinetorum — Brehm. 
3. Flat crowned ring pigeon. C. torquata. — Brehm. 
Second Division , 
Field pigeons. Columbae campestris. 
1. Domestic field pigeon. C. domestic a. — Lin. 
*2. Southern field pigeon. C. livia.— B ™ s - 
3. Amalias field pigeon. C. amalise. Biehm. 
Third Division. 
Cave pigeons. Columbce cavorum. 
1 . Stock pigeon. C. aena s.—Lin. 
2. Cave pigeon. C. cavorum. — Brehm. 
Genus II. 
Turtle dove. Peristera. — Boje. 
1. High crowned turtle dove. P. turtur. — Boje. 
2. Flat crowned turtLe dove. P. tenera. — Brehm. 
3. Dubious turtle dove. P. dubia. — Brehm. 
GENUS V. — TETjRAO. 
37 . GROUSE. 
Birds of this genus are of a hardy frame, and patient 
of extreme cold. They only occur in northern or tem- 
l'orate countries, and have not yet been discovered in 
Africa, in the eastern parts of Asia, or in ooutn 
America. The northern regions of Europe and America 
produce them in the greatest abundance. 1 lie special 
Realities which they affect vary according to the tlitte- 
rent kinds • and even the haunts of the same species 
“dmit of variation, according to circumstances. The 
' v ood grouse (such as the magmheent capercailzie, 
