"The transverse striped or bared dove [merbok]: This bird for shape agrees with most of the dove kind. For magnitude it is one of the smaller sort, being of the bigness of the draught, or if any difference, it is rather less". ("A natural history of uncommon birds and of some other rare and undescribed animals", I, George Edwards, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1743: 16)
country: Malaysia
year: 1965
Yvert: 26
!["The transverse striped or bared dove [merbok]: This bird for shape agrees with most of the dove kind. For magnitude it is one of the smaller sort, being of the bigness of the draught, or if any difference, it is rather less". ("A natural history of uncommon birds and of some other rare and undescribed animals", I, George Edwards, Royal College of Physicians, London, 1743: 16)](https://encyclopaediaphilatelica.net/storage/uploads/s8prbVMcnZcaRlxVq4DkTF3HF9GK3f8e3EqEtLB7.jpg)