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The Transverse Striped or Bared Dove. 
HpHIS Bird for Shape, agrees with moft of the Dove-kind ; for Magnitude it is 
■** one of the fmaller Sort; being of the bignefs of the Draught, or if any Dif¬ 
ference, it is rather lefs; the Tail of a pretty good Length, in proportion to the 
Body, the Feathers being of equal Length; the Bill is fhaped as in other 
Doves , of a light Horn-colour; from the Noftril to the Eye, and round the 
Eye, is a narrow white Stroke; the Iris of the Eye, Blue-grey; the Forehead, 
round the Eyes, Cheeks, and under the Bill, are light Blue; the Crown, and 
hinder Part of the Head, are Red orRuflet; the Fore-part of the Neck, Breaft, 
Belly, and Thighs, are of a faded Rofe or Bloffom-colour; the Feathers under the 
Tail, White; the Sides of the Neck, and Sides of the Body under the Wings, 
which partly appear when the Wings are clofed, are of a bluifh Colour, thick fet 
with very fine tranfverfe Lines of a darker Blue or Black; the upper Side of the 
Neck, Back, Wings, and Tail, are of a dirty, brownilh Afh-colour; the hinder 
Part of the Neck, Back, and Covert-feathers of the Wings, are marked at little 
Diftances with very diftindt tranfverfe Lines of Black, which are continued from 
Wing to Wing acrofs the Back, with little Breaks or Interruptions; the greater 
Quills are fomething darker than the Coverts of the Wing: Though the Tail be of 
the Colour of the-Body, yet the outfide Feathers are darker, approaching to Black, 
having their Tips White about an Inch deep; the Legs and Feet are fhaped as in 
other Doves , of a paler Red than is common to moft; the Claws brown. Though 
I have mentioned many different Colours in this Bird, you muft not underftand a 
fudden Meeting of any two Colours, as in Patch-work, but fuch an Union and 
gradual Change from one Colour to another, as a ikilful Painter expreffes in his 
fofteft Shadows. 
I took this Draugnt from the Bird alive, at Sir Charles Wagers Houfe at Parforis 
Green . I was told, by Sir Charles's Lady, it was brought from the Eaft Indies. 
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