212 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



part of hind-neck dark maroon ; rest of plumage uniform dark plumbe- 

 ■ ous; length 12.00-14.25, wing 7.00-7.80, tail 5.50-5.80. Eggs 1.41 X 1-02. 

 Hob. Greater Antilles, Bahamas, and Florida Keys; also, Santa Cruz, 

 St. Bartholomew, and coast of Honduras. 



314. C. leucocephala Linn. White-crowned Pigeon. 



Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson. (Page 210, pi. LXIII., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Tail shading from dusky on middle feathers, through gradually lighter shades 

 of gray, to white on outer webs of lateral pair, the inner web of each feather 

 (except middle pair) with a transverse blackish spot preceded b}^ one of rufous. 

 Adult male : Head, neck, rump, and under wing-coverts uniform plumbeous ; other 

 upper parts grayish brown, or drab, the outermost scapulars, innermost wing- 

 coverts, and tertials spotted with black; nape and sides of neck glossed with 

 changeable metallic reddish purple ; chest and breast deep vinaceous-rufous, pass- 

 ing gradually into soft pinkish vinaceous on sides ; belly and under tail-coverts 

 white. Adult female : Similar to the male, but head brownish gray, gradually 

 j)aler toward throat; chest and breast grayish brown, or drab, gradually changing 

 to pale brownish gray on sides ; metallic gloss on neck less distinct ; size some- 

 what less. Young : Somewhat like adult female, but wing-coverts and scapulars, 

 also feathers of head, neck, and chest narrowly tipped with whitish, producing a 

 mottled appearance ; rusty margins to quills more distinct, and bordering their 

 tips. Length 15.00-17.25, wing 8.00-8.50, tail 8.20-8.75, the female somewhat 

 smaller. Eggs 1.47 X 1-02. Hah. Deciduous forest-region of eastern North 

 America, west, casually, to Washington Territory and Nevada ; Cuba. 



315. E. migratorius (Linn.). Passenger Pigeon. 



Genus ZENAIDURA Bonaparte. (Page 210, pi. LXIII., fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters (of North and Middle American species). — Tail-feathers 

 (except middle pair) grayish, paler at tips, and crossed b}^ an irregular subterminal 

 band of dusky ; upper parts plain brownish, the tertials, with adjacent wing-cov- 

 erts or scapulars, or both, marked with a few roundish, oval, or oblong spots of 

 black ; axillars and under wing-coverts bluish gray, or plumbeous. 



a^. Secondaries not tipped with white. 



b^. Lower tail-coverts light creamy buff. Adult male: Occiput light bluish gray, 

 with a glaucous "bloom"; rest of head and neck vinaceous-cinnamon, 

 paler on throat and forehead, the chin whitish ; sides of neck glossed 

 with changeable metallic purple; a spot of blue-black beneath ears; 

 chest and breast delicate vinaceous, changing to creamy buff posteriorly, 

 paler on lower tail-coverts. Adult female: Similar to the male, but head 

 light drab, paler on throat, and whitish on chin, the occiput scarcely 

 if at all bluish ; breast light drab, or grayish olive-brown, changing to 



