
fee OOM PIGEON or RING DOVE, 
(Columba palumbus.) 
THE bill is yellow; the upper plumage bluish-grey, 
rather deeper on the back; on each side of the neck 
there are a few white feathers, forming two distinct 
crescents; above and beneath are feathers glossed with 
green and purple reflections; breast reddish, fading 
downwards; tail barred with black; legs red. The 
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