eighths; the first feather shorter than the third, the second
feather a little longer than the third, and Jh e longest in the
wing.
The plumage of the male is more ferruginous than that of
the female, whose, plumage is darker than that of the males;
and she has no white‘ spots on the feathers of the wings or of
the tail.
The young in their first plumage are like the parents, hut
the birds of the year before they leave this country are distinguished
by their smaller size and shorter tail.
RASORES. COLUMBIDÆ.
T H E R IN G D O V E pO R WOOD P IGEON.
TH E QUEEST,- ANjÈtrTHE '.ÇÈSHAT.
Wood Pigeon,,r
Cdwtnbe'lrSmiei,
i. p. 392v•■■■"
JVIc&sir;y Omith. Diet.
Bewick, B|i&j Birhs, .vtol^-r^p.,317.
Flem. Brit. Aft. p. 47.
'Selby, Brit;. Orniih^%ol; i. p. 406.
, J bn YSS^(®ritf 161.,
/'Qptffi-D, Birds of Europe, pt. vin.
TEMM/3a4h. ^©Vb‘im. vonlu p. 444.
;|ijE3oLujiBA. Generic. 0 h a ^d 0 ^ ^—Beak of moderate strength, .straight.at the
base, compressed^thojEoint deflected. ^Base, oOhe, upper mandible Covered
with a soft skin in which the'rfoliBls' are pierceaT Feet* three toes in front,