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ORDER RASORES,
Family COLUMB&.

The members of the Columbe, or Pigeons, may be said to be more universally dispersed than any other
family of birds; for there is no portion of the globe, favoured with a temperate or warm climate, where

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representatives of one or more of the various genera of which it is composed do not exist. Ih
numbers, between three and four bundred species are now known; of these, four are inhabitants of Britain,

one of which is a summer migrant.

Genus Patumpsus.

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214. PaLuMBUS TORQUATUS : : : ; : : ‘ : : ; : Vol.

Woop-Piceon or Cusnat.

A stationary species, universally dispersed over Britain and most parts of Europe and North Africa.

Genus CoLtumsa.

A form the members of which are chiefly confined to the Old World.

215. CoLUMBA NAS : : : ; : ; : : ; : : : Vol lve PE Ik
Srock Dove.

Partially migratory, but breeds with us.

216. CoLuMBA LIVIA : : ‘ : : : ; : : : : Vol ive Rie lie
Rocxk-PicrEon.

Common and stationary in all the rocky portions of Britain; the supposed origin of our domestic Pigeon.

Genus Turrur.
This genus is represented by the well-known Turtle Dove, that visits Britain in spring, to which several
eastern species might be added.

217. Turrur auritus ; ‘ : Vol. lV PE iw

Turrie Dove.

A true summer resident in all the southern and midland portions of Britain.