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Falco columbarius
Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. Pigeon hawk. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox, or fuscus). Pigeon hole. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See Pigeonhole. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell. Pigeon house, a dovecote. Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of Chrysobalanus (C. ellipticus and C. luteus). Pigeon tremex. (Zo["o]l.) See under Tremex. Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba. Pigeon woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), the flicker. Prairie pigeon. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]

Meaning of Columbarius from wikipedia

- are currently accepted: American group (Falco columbarius sensu stricto) Falco columbarius columbarius (Linnaeus, 1758) – taiga merlin, boreal merlin...
- edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the merlin (Falco columbarius). The genus name Falco is Late Latin meaning a "falcon" from falx, falcis...
- (or groups of closely related (sub)species), such as the merlin (Falco columbarius). The taxonomy of Carl Linnaeus grouped birds (class Aves) into orders...
- biarmicus) Perlin, a hybrid of the peregrine falcon and the merlin (Falco columbarius) Contra Helbig et al. 1994, Wink et al. 1998. The supposed basal position...
- including adult American kestrels (Falco sparverius) and merlins (Falco columbarius) and presumed nestlings of the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus). When...
- even by the relatively tiny but fierce and very agile merlin (Falco columbarius). The much bulkier snowy owls cannot match the speed and flight ability...
- to escape the cold higher ground. Other species such as merlin Falco columbarius and Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis move further, to the coast or towards...
- Caracara plancus V American kestrel Falco sparverius B U Merlin Falco columbarius R Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus B U Prairie falcon Falco mexic****...
- Cimex antennatus, bat bug from Pacific North America Cimex brevis Cimex columbarius, infesting pigeon nests Cimex emarginatus, bat bug from the Balkan Peninsula...
- concolor Aplomado falcon, Falco femoralis Merlin or "pigeon hawk", Falco columbarius Bat falcon, Falco rufigularis Orange-breasted falcon, Falco deiroleucus...