. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â IS^«^^ tly varietl, and is given TIIK OCEANIC FRUIT PIGEON. 575 Soniolimrs tl,c colour varies from these tints, and a white specimen may occasionallv ho fouiul. \cariing lunls of hotli sexes are liair-browu above barred profn^ Iv w fT lâ.ouâish red ; the quill-feathers of the win, are reddish brown! barbed wi 1 Hd^;S those 0 the tail are of the same <lark tmrre, but without the white bars and sno od wiVb .lute alon. the centre o the feathers The whole of the under portions o thetdy a e pr
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. â IS^«^^ tly varietl, and is given TIIK OCEANIC FRUIT PIGEON. 575 Soniolimrs tl,c colour varies from these tints, and a white specimen may occasionallv ho fouiul. \cariing lunls of hotli sexes are liair-browu above barred profn^ Iv w fT lâ.ouâish red ; the quill-feathers of the win, are reddish brown! barbed wi 1 Hd^;S those 0 the tail are of the same <lark tmrre, but without the white bars and sno od wiVb .lute alon. the centre o the feathers The whole of the under portions o thetdy a e proy-wlute, barred with brown, and the short tail is tipped with white. A little whTte also appears on the tips of some of the feathers on the upper surface of the bn W Tlie length of the adult bird is about fourteen inclSs ?iL SuaL L%a S small.!' than her mate, and on her hrst arrival in England may be distinguished from le aEirM-hi^s "" "^'''' ''''^'' ''"'^ "'^ ^â¢'^" tinge upon the back COLUMB.^; OR, DOVES AND PIGEONS. The large order of Coltjmb^, or the Pigeon tribe, comes now under our notice It contains very many beautiful and interesting birds; but as its members are so extremely miiueroiis, only a few typical examples can be mentioned in these pao-e« AH the Pigeons may be distinguished from the poultry, and the gallinaceous birds in genoi-nl, by the form of the bill, which is arched towards the tip, and has a convex at the base, caused by a gristly kind of plate which covers the nasal cavities and which m some species is very curiously developed. In order to enable the parent birds to eed their young, the gullet swells into a double crop, furnished with certain large glands duviii- the breeding season, winch mingle their secrotions with the food, and soften it so that when the bird throws up the food after its fashion, to feed its young, the whole mass ms acpured a sott and pulpy consistence, suitable to the delicate
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