rock pigeon

rock dove.

Origin of rock pigeon

First recorded in 1605–15

This breed is intermediate between the rock-pigeon and a very poor variety of Runt or Carrier.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin
The unions of the rock-pigeon and the ring-pigeon appear to be equally barren of result.

The Origin of Species |Thomas H. Huxley
The eyelids in one specimen were nearly twice as long as those of the rock-pigeon.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin
In the rock-pigeon all eight bear ribs; the eighth rib being very thin, and the seventh having no process.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin

Beak rather longer than in the Rock-pigeon; feathers reversed.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. |Charles Darwin

rock pigeon

another name for rock dove