STOCK-DOVE. 
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Adult Male. — General colour above drab grey ; the wing- 
coverts like the back, but a little clearer grey, especially on the 
greater series, two of the innermost of which have black bases, 
forming a double spot on the wingj bastard-wing, primary- 
coverts, and quills blackish, bluish-grey on the inner webs of 
some of the primary-coverts, and on the base of the outer webs 
of the inner primaries and outer secondaries, the inner second- 
aries almost entirely grey, and the innermost resembling the 
back, with a black spot in the middle of the outer web of two 
of them, forming another double spot on the wing ; lower 
back, rump, and upper tail-coverts clear bluish-grey ; tail 
bluish-grey, black for the terminal third, the under surface of 
the tail blackish, with a grey sub-terminal band; head and 
throat bluish-grey, with a dusky patch on the ear-coverts ; sides 
of neck and hind-neck glossed with metallic-green and lilac ; 
lower throat, fore-neck, and chest delicate vinous, fading off 
into the delicate pearly grey of the rest of the under parts ; the 
under tail-coverts slightly darker bluish-grey, with pale pearly- 
grey margins to the feathers; the under wing-coverts and 
a.xillaries also somewhat darker grey than the breast ; bill red 
at base, yellow towards the tip, and grey on the soft part 
of the base of the upper mandible ; feet pinkish red ; iris 
red. Total length, 14 inches ; culmen, o-8 ; wing, 8'2 ; tail, 4'o ; 
tarsus, i'2. 
Adult Female. — Similar to the male, but a little smaller and 
duller in colour. Total length, 13-5 inches; wing, 8-5. 
Young. — Duller in colour than the adults ; the green colour 
wanting on the neck, and the black spots on the wings 
obsolete. 
Characters. — The smaller size, the lack of the large white 
patches on the sides of the neck, and the absence of white 
round the bend of the wing and on the outer wing-coverts, as 
well as the presence of the four black spots on the wing, 
caused by the bases to two of the inner greater coverts and 
two of the inner secondaries being black, distinguish the Stock- 
Dove from the Wood-Pigeon. 
Range in Great Britain. — The Stock-Dove, like the Wood- 
Pigeon, is found in most parts of England, and is extending 
its range northward in Scotland. Mr. Ussher also reports that 
