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JPAGE
Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern . . . 516
K ' lemoptera. White-winged Black Tern 522
Tiylrida. Whiskered Tern . . . '527
Sierna anglica. Gull-billed Tern . . .' 531
„ caspia. Caspian Tern . . i - •' . ‘536
BRITISH BIRDS.
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Coltjmba paltjmbus, Linnaeus*.
THE. RING jpOYE 6 |£ WOOD PIGEON.
Columba ^dl^^by,s.A
SIjCoMJMBAj^ l/ww!cews+.’—Bill moderate, straight at the base, compressed, the
poin£ deflected. Base of the upper mandible coyered •with a soft skin, in which
the nostrils are pierced. Tarsi, short, anteriorly scutellate, posteriorly, scurfy ;
feet, three toes in front, entirely divided, one toe behind.. Wings, long, broad,
rather pointed; the second quillfeathfer longest. Tail'of twelve feathers dearly
even.'1 *
* Syst. Nat. Ed. 1% ^ T<m eil. p. ‘11%.
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