Peck Peck A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints (9.09 (UK) or 8.81 (US) liters). Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel. Although the peck is no longer widely used, some produce, such as apples, is still often sold by the peck. Despite being referenced in the well-known Peter Piper tongue twister, pickled peppers are so rarely sold by the peck that any association between pickled peppers and the peck unit of measurement is considered humorous in
Imperial pigeon distributed throughout the Pacific. The Pacific ("D. pacifica") and the Micronesian ("D. oceania") imperial pigeons are similar allospecies, while the Polynesian ("D. aurorae") and Marquesan ("D. galeata") imperial pigeons are larger birds with dark plumage. The red-knobbed imperial pigeon ("D. rubricera") and the spice imperial pigeon ("D. myristicivora") are similar but found in Melanesia and New Guinea. c) The "finschii" subgroup of four species which may be New Guinea representatives of "D. aenea" stock; the purple-tailed ("D. rufigaster"), cinnamon-bellied ("D. basilica") and Finsch's imperial pigeons, which all inhabit offshore islands. The shining or rufescent imperial pigeon ("D. chalconota") occupies more