. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . Hab.—Throughout India to Ceylon, the Himalayas, Assam, Burmah,Persia, Beloochistan and Afghanistan in great abundance, congregating inlarge flocks. Breeds throughout India. Nesting in mosques, tombs, build-ings, walls, and in holes in rocks, and caverns. Eggs 2 in number, white andglossy, P2 X 1-25. This with the next are the pigeons which with theiryoung are brought to the market in immense numbers and are purchasedlargely for making pie. The flesh is more t
. The edible and game birds of British India, with its dependencies and Ceylon. With woodcuts, lithographs, and coloured illustrations . Hab.—Throughout India to Ceylon, the Himalayas, Assam, Burmah,Persia, Beloochistan and Afghanistan in great abundance, congregating inlarge flocks. Breeds throughout India. Nesting in mosques, tombs, build-ings, walls, and in holes in rocks, and caverns. Eggs 2 in number, white andglossy, P2 X 1-25. This with the next are the pigeons which with theiryoung are brought to the market in immense numbers and are purchasedlargely for making pie. The flesh is more tender than those of the preceding,excellent, mixed brown and white, succulent and as tasty as that of any Quail,The upper layer of flesh on the breast is a little darker than the lower, andis about the most succulent part if properly cooked. 37. Columba Hvia, Bp., Ic. t. 62 ; Bodd., Pig. Pi. Enl. 510; t. 150; Tem. Pig. t. 12 ; Gould, B. Eur. pi, 245 ; Gray, Handlist Birds 28 COLUMBID/?7. No. 9231 ; Blf, East. Pers. p. 268 ; Ihime, Str. F.\. 2lS ; vii. 296; Mur-ray, Hdhk. Zool., S)C., Siiid, p. 193.—The Rqck Columba livia. Differs from C. inlermedia in having a pure white instead of an ashcoloured rump. Hah.— Europe, Sind, Beioochistan, S. Persia, S. Afghanistan,Arrakan, and some parts of Burmah. Breeds in December, laying, like inter-media, two white eggs. 38. Columba rupestris, Fall., Zoogr. Rosso. As. pi. 25 ; Ind. iii. p, 470, No. 789. Columba livia, apud Adatus, B. Ind.^ No. 208.—The Blue Hill Pigeon. Like Columba intermedia, but much paler in colour, the head and sides ofthe face being ashy grey instead of dark slaty grey; wing coverts and upperback light grey ; middle of back white ; upper tail coverts dark ashy grey ;quills grey, black shafted and darker at the tips and on the outer webs; apatch of greyish black on the wing, forming two bands ; tail dark grey at thebase, broadly tipped with black and a subterminal broad white stripe
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