stock-dove

The largest of all the pigeon species is the phatta or ring-dove; and the next in size is the oenas or stock-dove; and the stock-dove is a little larger than the common pigeon.

The History of Animals 2002

Hens, then, lay eggs, as has been stated, at all times indiscriminately; the pigeon, the ring-dove, the turtle-dove, and the stock-dove lay twice a year, and the pigeon actually lays ten times a year.

The History of Animals 2002

Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen,

Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Various

Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro 'the glen,

English Songs and Ballads Various

Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro 'the glen,

The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds from the hill,

The Golden Book of Favorite Songs 1915

Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro 'the glen,

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

That by which it is referred to in the foregoing notes is not, perhaps, the most satisfactory, since, with the possible exception of the smaller stock-dove, which lays its eggs in rabbit burrows, and the rock-dove, which nests in the cliffs, all the members of the family need trees, if only to roost and nest in.

Birds in the Calendar 1894

In the stock-dove this is a better, more musical, and a more varied sound than in any other Columba known to me.

Afoot in England 1881

The stock-dove has no set song, like the ringdove, but like all the other species in the typical genus Columba it has the cooing or family note, one of the most human-like sounds which birds emit.

Afoot in England 1881