brehm’s arrangement of pigeons. 825 
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. — Linnaeus , Boje t Brehm. 
First Division . 
Ring pigeons. Columbae torquatae. 
1. High 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. domestica. — Lin. 
2. Southern field pigeon. C. livia. — Briss. 
3. Amalias field pigeon. C. amaliae Brehm . 
Third Division. 
Cave pigeons. Columbae cavorum. 
1. Stock pigeon. C. aenas. — 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. — TETRAO. 
37 . GROUSE. 
Birds of this genus are of a hardy frame, and patient 
of extreme cold. They only occur in northern or tem- 
perate countries, and have not yet been discovered in 
Africa, in the eastern parts of Asia, or in South 
America. The northern regions of Europe and America 
produce them in the greatest abundance. The special 
localities which they affect vary according to the diffe- 
rent kinds ; and even the haunts of the same species 
admit of variation, according to circumstances. The 
wood grouse (such as the magnificent capercailzie, 
