. A history of British birds . u .... 540 „ dougalli. Roseate Tern ..... 544 „ JiuviaiiUs. Common Tern .... 549 „ macrura. Arctic Tern ..... 553 ,, minuta. Lesser Tern ..... 558 ,, fuliginosa. Sooty Tern ..... 562 Anous stolidus. Noddy Tern ..... 567 JCema sabinii. Sabines Gull ..... 573 lihodostethia rosea. Cuneate-tailed Gull . . 579 Larus philadelpliia. Bonapartian Gull . . 584 minutus. Little Gull ..... 589 ridihundus. Black-headed Gull . . 594 iclithyaetus. Great Black-headed Gull . 609 canus. Common Gull ..... 613 argentatus. Herring Gull .... 618 fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull . , . 6
. A history of British birds . u .... 540 „ dougalli. Roseate Tern ..... 544 „ JiuviaiiUs. Common Tern .... 549 „ macrura. Arctic Tern ..... 553 ,, minuta. Lesser Tern ..... 558 ,, fuliginosa. Sooty Tern ..... 562 Anous stolidus. Noddy Tern ..... 567 JCema sabinii. Sabines Gull ..... 573 lihodostethia rosea. Cuneate-tailed Gull . . 579 Larus philadelpliia. Bonapartian Gull . . 584 minutus. Little Gull ..... 589 ridihundus. Black-headed Gull . . 594 iclithyaetus. Great Black-headed Gull . 609 canus. Common Gull ..... 613 argentatus. Herring Gull .... 618 fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull . , . 624 marinus. Great Black-backed Gull . 631 glaucus. Glaucous Gull ..... 636 leucopterus. Iceland Gull .... 642 Rissa hidacfgla. Kittiwake Gull .... 650 Fagopliila ehiirnea. Ivory Gull .... 656 Stercorarius catarrliactes. Great Skua . . 662 ,, pomatorhinus. Pomatorhine Skua . 668 „ crepidatus. Arctic or Richardsons Skua 674 „ parasiticus. Long-tailed or Buffons Skua 680 BRITISH BIRDS. COLUMB^. CoLUMBA PALUMBUS, Linnseus *.THE RING DOVE OR WOOD PIGEON. Columha palumbus. CoLUMBA, Linnmisf.—BUl moderate, straight at the base, compressed, thepoint deflected. Base of the upper mandible covered with a soft skin, in whichthe nostrils are pierced. Tarsi short, anteriorly scutellate, posteriorly scurfy ;feet, three toes in front, entirely divided, one toe behind. Wings, long, broad,rather pointed ; the second quill-feather longest. Tail of twelve feathers nearlyeven. * Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 282 (1766).VOL. III. t Tom. cit. p. ^ COLUMBID^. The Ring Dove, so called from the white feathers whichform a partial ring round its neck, and equally well knownin many parts of England as the Wood Pigeon, and inthe North as the Queest or the Cushat, is the largest memherof the genus found in Europe. It is an abundant and gene-rally distributed species throughout the British Islands ; itsnumbers having increased of late years to an extent whichhas caused grave anxiety
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