Family in the order COLUMBIFORMES, comprised of pigeons or doves. They are BIRDS with short legs, stout bodies, small heads, and slender bills. Some sources call the smaller species doves and the larger pigeons, but the names are interchangeable.
    

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The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.

John baptises Christ; the holy spirit descends. Etching by J. Mynde, c. 1737.

The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Saint Joachim. Stipple engraving by C.J. Pomel, 1818, after N.-J. Blaizot.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.

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The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1594.

The natural history of pigeons / Illustrated by thirty-two plates, coloured, and numerous woodcuts. With memoir of Pliny by Andrew Crichton.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

A dove. Coloured engraving.