15« P I G E O N.
brown, black, and white,mixed; with afcalloped neck and breaft,
and black eyes.
is- Pompadour Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. p.624. N* 12.
POMPADOUR .
T N H A B I T S various parts of India. Common up the country
about Bengal, where it is -called Cottcla. It has a whittling kind
o f note, not unlike that o f a Phrv.jh, very different from that of
other Pigeons.— M r. Middleton.
i+-
GREEN-WING-
ED P.
Green-wiirged Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 6zj. N° 14.
Columba indica, *Jac^.Vog. p. 35. N° 29, pi. 16.
^ Variety is here mentioned, with the quills and tail feathers
green; wing coverts violet; and the rump and vent blue.
19.
4- RING P.
Ring Pigeon, G en. Syn. iv. p. 635. N° ly .— Arcl. Zool. ii. p. 329. B.
-Columba palumbus, Seff Fog. pi. in p. .— Faun. Arag. p. 83.
T H A V E hitherto been uncertain whether the Ring Pigeon bred
twice in the year, or n o t; but have now authority to fay, that
it frequently, i f not generally, does fo. A letter from my friend
-and relation Mr. L . Porter, o f Chertjey, in Surrey, runs thus:
** The Ring Dove, no doubt, breeds twice in the year; the nett
** being found, in the middle and end of Augu.fi, very commonly,
“ in the heads o f willows, where they delight to build ;.and, fome
” years fince, I faw a female Ihot as fhe left the nett, the 2ad of
" September; when, getting up to the nett, which was placed on
** a pollard oak, two eggs were found with young in them."
This
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This fpecies is Very common in the Ruffian forefts, but very
fcarcein Siberia, and none feen in the north-eaft : vifits Sweden m
fummer, departing in autumn : not in Norway *.
Ring-tailed Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 639. N° 33.
Columba caribsa, 'Jacj. Fig. p. 30. N* 24.
1 N this bird the bill is o f a greenilb red: the fpace round the eyes
A bare, and of a dirty yellow: the tail cuneiform, and about the
length of the body. It differs from that defcribed by Briffion, in
not having a white belly, nor the bar on the tail.
This is found in all the woods of the Caribbee IJlands; is pretty
tame, but never fufficiently fo to be at large; though it will lay
eggs when confined in a cage. It is greatly efteemed for food,
infomuch that each' bird fells for a dollar.
Common Turtle, Gat. Syn, iv,. p. 644. N®4A*
Columba T urtur, Sep ft ^g;.pl. in p. ii.—Fawt. Arag. p. $3.
rocky country beyond the Lake Baikal. It is highly favoured
in the Purkifh dominions, where it is extremely plentiful, government
allowing a certain rate per cent, in refpeft to the duty on
corn, on their account. A crowd o f thefe birds conftantly alight
on the veffels which crofs the port of Confiantinople, and carry this
commodity uncovered, either to the magazine or mills, and the
boatmen never oppofe their greedinefs. This permifiion to fealfc
on the grain brings them in. great numbers, and familiarizes then»
* Aril. Ziel.
to
RING-TAIL P.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c i -
40. 4- COMMON
TURTLE.