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The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean . John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America , published in the early 19th century.
The pigeon family is a group of stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a worldwide distribution. [2] The white-headed pigeon is in the genus Columba, the same as the Rock dove (C. livia) from which the domestic pigeon is derived. [3]
leucocephala group (Patagioenas sensu stricto): Characterized by iridescent neck and dark plumage, or white edged outer wing coverts, or scaly appearance; groups of triple coos with the first call in each drawn out except in speciosa
Examples of these are the columbaria in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and Golders Green Crematorium in London. In other cases, columbaria are built into church structures. One example is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (Los Angeles, California), which houses a number of columbarium niches in the mausoleum built into the lower levels ...
C. leucocephala may refer to: Caecilia leucocephala, an amphibian species found in Colombia, Ecuador and Panama; Cladorhynchus leucocephala, a bird species in the genus Cladorhynchus; Columba leucocephala, a synonym for Patagioenas leucocephala, the white-crowned pigeon, a bird species
Beth Olem Cemetery Columbia: Jewish Beth Olem is the only Jewish Cemetery in Columbia. Founded in 1880 by the Columbia Hebrew Association, it became part of Columbia Cemetery in 1928. There are over one hundred burials. Bethel Cemetery Woodlandview area
In 1919, the Evergreen Cemetery Company started a competing cemetery on the western side of Aurora Avenue, directly opposite Washelli Cemetery. In 1922, Evergreen Cemetery purchased Washelli from the ANA, although the merger did not become final until 1928. By 1952, Evergreen had taken over the mausolea, crematory and columbarium. The cemetery ...
The cemetery was established in 1935, and was actively operated until 2002. Approximately 8,000 animals and humans are buried in the cemetery's 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres, which is large enough to accommodate about 24,000 pets. The cemetery is named for Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), a French painter and sculptor noted for her paintings of animals.