. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. ORDER OF PIGEONS AND DOVES Order Columbw; family Columbidcc niE names Pigeon and Dove, applied to birds of this group, are synonymous or interchangeable. The former is French (Italian, piccione or pipione, Latin pipio); the latter is akin to the Dutch duij (Danish due, Icelandic dufa). The name Dove is commonly applied to the smaller members of the group, though in England the largest species is called the Ring Dove; and, as Pro- fessor Alfred Newton remarked in his Dictionary of Birds, "no sharp dis- %fe tinction can be drawn between Pigeons a
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. ORDER OF PIGEONS AND DOVES Order Columbw; family Columbidcc niE names Pigeon and Dove, applied to birds of this group, are synonymous or interchangeable. The former is French (Italian, piccione or pipione, Latin pipio); the latter is akin to the Dutch duij (Danish due, Icelandic dufa). The name Dove is commonly applied to the smaller members of the group, though in England the largest species is called the Ring Dove; and, as Pro- fessor Alfred Newton remarked in his Dictionary of Birds, "no sharp dis- %fe tinction can be drawn between Pigeons and Doves, and in general literature ^%k the two words are used almost indifferently while no one species can be pointed Jfl^V out to which the word Dove, taken alone, seems to be absolutely ; â ^ wF Pigeons are monogamous, but nevertheless are to a degree fickle or inconstant in their affections, at least in the domesticated species, and are by no means the peaceful birds they are popularh' supposed to be â fierce, bloody, and stubborn conflicts often occurring during the breeding season. The eggs number one or two and are usually immaculate white but sometimes are immaculate buff. The nest is a very simple affair, usually flat and frail, composed of twigs, straw, or similar materials, placed in a tree, upon stumps, rocks, or walls, clefts of cliffs, in buildings, or on the ground. Both sexes take equal part in nest building, incubation, and care of the young. The latter are hatched naked, except for scattered bits of filamentous down, and are fed first by a fluid secreted in the crop of the adult and later with moistened or partially digested seeds or grain from the parents' crop, the young one in both cases inserting its bill into the parent's mouth, the regurgitation of the food by the parent being accompanied by a violent or spasmodic jerking of the body and wings. The food of Pigeons consists principally of grains, seeds, and fruits, and salt is seemingly a n
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