OENOS, in ornithology, the name used by authors for the flock dove, or wood-pigeon, called also by some enoms, somewhat larger than the common pigeon, but of the same shape and general colour. Its neck is of a fine changeable hue, as differently opposed to the light; and its breast, shoulders, and wings, are of
Oenothera, a fine purplish hue, or red wine colour, from whence it has its name vinago. Its legs are red, and feathered a little below the joint.