AVIS-IBIS

Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Columba livia

Columba livia, Bp.

788bis.-- Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 202.

THE ROCK DOVE.

Length, 15 ; wing, 9; tail, 7.2 ; tarsus, 0.9 ; bill at front, 0.75. Bill blackish; irides orange to dark-brown; legs dull reddish-pink.

Differs from Columba intermedia in having a pure white instead of an ash-colored rump. .
The Rock Dove occurs on the frontiers of Sind.

BookTitle: 
Handbook to the Birds of the Bombay Presidency
Reference: 
Barnes, Henry Edwin. Handbook to the birds of the Bombay Presidency, 1885.
Title in Book: 
Columba livia
Spp Author: 
Bp.
Book Author: 
Barnes, H. Edwin
Year: 
1885
Page No: 
289
Common name: 
Rock Dove
M_ID: 
4815
M_CN: 
Rock Dove
M_SN: 
Columba livia
Term name: 
id: 
11875

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