ECTOPISTES MIGRATORTA, WILD PIGEON. 387 



win,!?ecl Dove {Melopelia Icucoptera)* . It has somewhat the general form 

 aud appearance of the Carolina Dove, but may be recognized by the 

 broad, white, oblique bar on the wing. Audubon appears to have first 

 noticed it as a bird of this country, under the name of Columha trudeaui, 

 and not long afterward attention was again called to it by Colonel 

 McCall. But it remained little known until Mr. Xantus sent a fine 

 suite to the Smithsonian, from Cape St. Lucas, where he found it 

 abundant. I rarely saw it in Arizona, where it reaches at least to the 

 latitude of Fort Whipple, and breeds in that vicinity. This I ascer- 

 tained by seeing a pair of squabs in a cage; they had been captured 

 near by. Though only half-fledged, the white on the wing was already 

 evident. The eggs of this species are 1.25 inches long by 0.95 wide, 

 and, as usual, two in number j elliptical in shape, and of a pure, 

 glistening white. 



ECTOPISTES MIGRATOEIA, (Linn.) Sw. 

 Wild Pigeon; Passenger Pigeon. 



Columha canadensis, Linx., Syst. Nat. i, 176G, 2H4.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 785. 



Columha m\(jratoria, LiNX., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 285 (Cohimha amcricana, Friscii, pi. 14'2; 

 IvAi.jr, It. ii, 527; (ccnas), Briss., i, 100; Pahtmbus mir/ratorius. CATES.,2'.i). — 

 Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 389.— Fokst., Philos. Tr. Ixii,'l772, 3U8.— Wils., Am. 

 Orn. i, 1808, 102, pi. 44. fig. 1.— Br., Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 179; Syu. 1828, 120.— 

 Ncrr., i, 1832, 629.— Aud., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 319; v, 1839, 561 ; pi. 62. 



JEctopistcs migratoria, Sw., Zool. Journ. iii, i827, 355. — Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 

 363.— Bp., List, 1838, 341 ; Consp. ii, 18.54. 59.— Reich., Svst. Av. pi. 249, figs. 1377, 

 1379.— Aud., Svu. 1839, 174 ; B. Am. v, 1842, 2.5, pi. 285.— Woodh., Sitgr. Rep. 

 1853, 92.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 600.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 218 

 (Fort Laramie, Wyo., aud Milk River, Mout.).— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 171.— 

 Coop., Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 80 (Montana).— Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 235, No. 

 9281.— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 511 (Pnget's Sound).- Tuippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 

 118.— Sxow, B. Kans. 1873, — .— Coues, Key, 1872, 225, fig. 145.— B. B. & R., 

 N. A. B. iii, 1874, 308, pi. 57, fig. 4 ; and of late writers generally. 



Peristera mig'ratoria, SciiL., M. P.-B. x, 1873, 142. 



Hah. — The greater part of North America, but scarcely west of the Rocky Mountains 

 (Pacific coast, near latitude 49^, Cooper ; Nevada, JUdfiirai/). Cuba {Guudlach, Rep. i, 

 1866, 102: J. f. O. ix, 112). Accidental in Europe {Gould, B. Eur. pi. 247; Harlimj, 

 Man. Br. Birds, 1872, 128). 



lAeutcnant JVarrcii's Expedition. — 4856, 48.57, mouth of Big Sioux River; 5418, above 

 the mouth of the Yellowstone River. 



There is no present occasion to particularize the general eastern range 

 of this species by citing the authorities for its occurrence ; suffice it to 



* Columha leucopiera, Lixx., Syst. Nat. i, 1866, 281 ("Asia," err. Turtur indicus fuscus, 

 Ei)W., 76; Colitmha imlica, Bui.ss., i, 105 ; Browxe. Jam. 468). — Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 

 1788, 773.— Lath., lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 595 (White-winged Pigeon, (Jen. Svn. iv, 

 617).— W.vGL., Syst. Av. 1827, Columha, No. 71.— McCaee, Pr. Phila. Aciid. iv, 

 1848, 64. 



Zenaidu leucopiera. Gray, Gen. of Birds. 



Turtnr Irueoptirun, Gossk, B. .Jamaica, 1847, 304. 



Milopelia hueoptera, I!p., Consp. Av. ii, ltf54, 81.— Sci... P. Z. S. 18.56, 309 (Cordov.i) ; 

 1858, 305 (Oaxaca).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 603.— Xaxtus, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1.859 

 (Cape St. Lucas).— Taylor, Ibis, 1860, ii, 227 (Honduras).— March, Pr. Phihi. 

 Acad. 1863, 302 (.Jamaica).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix, 139 (Costa R'ica): 207 

 (Yucatan).- Cot Es, Pr. Phila. Acad. ls()(i, 93 (Arizona).— Coop.. B. C.il. i, 1870, 

 515.— CoiK.s, Key, 1872, 226.— Sciii-., M. P.-B. x, 1873, 152.— B. B. A: R., N. A. 

 B. iii. 1874, 37(). 



(?)Col.imh<i hoihll. Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788. 777.— Laiii., Ind. Orn. ii, 1700, 601 (White- 

 sbonldircd Pigeon, (Jen. Syn. iv, 6.54). 



Columha Irudcaui, Aid., B. Am. vii, 1843, 352, pi. 496. 



Uab. — Southern and Lower Calif<»ruia, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. South 

 through Mexico to Central America. Also, Cuba and .Jamaica. 



