thirds bluish grey, then a narrowband of lighter grey, the
ends lead grey; the basal portion of. the outer web ,ofrthe; outside
tail-feather on each side almost white; chin bluish grey;
sides of the nëck-glóésy with green reflections; breast'.purple
red; belly, flanks, Tent, under wing and under tail-coverts
french-grey; legs and toes red felaws* brown.
Whole length of a female thirteen inches. From the
carpal joint to the end of the wing, eight inches and three-
eighths; the first and "fourth qüühfeathers néarly*(equal. in
length, and a little shorter , than the second and third, which
are alscTnearly equal, andcthe longest in the wing.
Thé male and female.differ but little' in plumage ; butctkë
male is the larger.bird,- and his. colours‘-are .morèhrillianty
Young birds: before their first moult have no shining Metallic
feathers in 'th é 'neck, and- they ■*are-also without any
spots on the last tèrtial -feather's-Of'the wing* or oh tlielvitig
covert'abo^^i^;
The feéling'in favour bFBoves- and Pigèohs in genfer^lf
referred to ut pago251, receives further' confirmation from thé
habits iof the natives of; other countries; A . writer 1 in the
fourth volume of the Naturalist, says,. 4 ‘ The^ommoitFigeon
swarms in the city of Petersburg and thef^Óun-tryi; ltó s !*es->
teemed sa(Éé|^tódcallëdGodVBird by flfè'Russians; from-the
circumstance of the-Holy Spirit' assuming thai ifom^when- it
descended upon our Saviour^ 'To kill and eat ills considered
g-m act of profanation. I ' had one day an opportunity ofSob-
serying; myself, how the-respect fo r. the Rigeon:. prevails
amongst the lower orders. - 1 shot six, away from a vifiage? at
one shot, and brought them home, with the .intèntion of ofe
tainingthat master-achievement of modern cookery, apjjgeon-
pie; when I threw them on the table, a Russian -sgryantbwflo
was near, after several ejaculations against my impiety and
cruelty, snatched up one of the dead birds, and bursting into
tears, Pomhoehced kissing and fondling it.”
RASORES. ÇOLUMBIDÆ.
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As it |islvh<3t‘ intended to includcfin this work either-figures
oillÆgfejÉa.ed-descriptions- bfi.ftf|e‘ ..birds-which exist in this
Gburitfy?orilysin a ’deifesticated state, I do not refer to the
"Golumba domestidâ i$pp|fenaaant’s British Zoology, voligl page
'8:8%^ y Sifielniding it aMelgr the^ synonymes, and reasons, were
given.; undér • the-héadn !âf *.Btoe% Dove fox -omitting also the
réferences knihis bnsfanee 4o • the works o f Montagu, Bewick,
arid Dr. Fleming;^
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