. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . ds of the Natural History Museum, during thepresent spring (1897). Nest.—This is a poorly constructed platform of crossed twigs,and is placed in all kinds of situations; in low bushes, in hightrees, in thick ivy, and sometimes on the deserted nests ofother birds, or squirrels. When placed in a thorn-bush orsome such situation, the framework of the nest is so slightthat the white eggs can be seen through the twigs from below. Eggs.—Two, exceptionally three, in number. Pure white,and glossy. Axis, i-55-i75 inches; diam., ri5-r25. II. THE STOCK-DOVE. CO
. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . ds of the Natural History Museum, during thepresent spring (1897). Nest.—This is a poorly constructed platform of crossed twigs,and is placed in all kinds of situations; in low bushes, in hightrees, in thick ivy, and sometimes on the deserted nests ofother birds, or squirrels. When placed in a thorn-bush orsome such situation, the framework of the nest is so slightthat the white eggs can be seen through the twigs from below. Eggs.—Two, exceptionally three, in number. Pure white,and glossy. Axis, i-55-i75 inches; diam., ri5-r25. II. THE STOCK-DOVE. COLUMBA CENAS. Columba cenas (pt.), Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 279 (1766) ; B. i. p. 287(1837); Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 23,pi. 458(1876); B. O. U. List Brit. B. p. 138 (1883);Saunders, ed. Yarrells Brit. B. iii. p. 8 (1883); Seebohm,Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 401 (1884); Saunders, Man. Brit. 469(1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. B. part xx. (1891);Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 261 (1893). [Pia/e CXXn.) PLATE CXXII r/y V STOCK DOVE STOCK-£)OVE. 245 Adult Male.—General colour above drab grey; the wing-coverts like the back, but a little clearer grey, especially on thegreater series, two of the innermost of which have black bases,forming a double spot on the wing; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, bluish grey on the inner webs ofsome of the primary-coverts, and on the base of the outer websof the inner primaries and outer secondaries, the inner second-aries almost entirely grey, and the innermost resembling theback, with a black spot in the middle of the outer web of twoof them, forming another double spot on the wing; lowerback, rump, and upper tail-coverts clear bluish-grey; tailbluish-grey, black for the terminal third, the under surface ofthe tail blackish, with a grey sub-terminal band; head andthroat bluish-grey, with a dusky patch on the ear-coverts ; sidesof neck and hind-neck glossed with metallic-green and lilac;lower throat, for
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