496 IJIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



[S. Zenaida. Dill smnllor. moru oumpD'OHi-d. No wliito pntoh on thiMvlne: xoapularii 

 with Mii''k BiiutH. Above oliviic'i'OUH, l)ont>ath viiiiu'i'OUA. Tiiil UMiiiilly of twelve 

 fi'iiilMTs. rMiimlod.] 

 <!. Zeoaidura. Similar to Zrnaida, but tjitl ot foiirtfen fcnthors, much more lenetti- 

 i'IiihI. nn\\ uriiduatod. 

 /). Cliniiiiriirlifiv . Sizo very sinitll. Wines rounded, tin- primuries sciireely lonRcr 

 thiin tin- tertialst. Tnrsua soutollato imteriorly. No blnoklmb spot beneath the 

 luiriculjirs; no mi'tiillie kIoss on sides of the neck. 

 [7. Soardafella. Tail of twelve feathi^rs. lenutboned (much longer than winusl. doubly 

 ri'un.l.'l. Ilii> lateral feathers mueli shorter; the throe outer pairs with white ter- 

 niiii.'illy.l 

 [8. Columbigallina. Tail of twelve feathers, short (much less than wincsi. simply 

 rounded, the lateral fi'athers only slichtly shorter: outer feathers without white 

 terminally. or with only n slii;ht edcine. Wlng-eovorts with oblique blaek spots, 

 and body without transverse blackish bars.) 

 <■. deolrnQonfif. Size moderate (Kenerally a little larger than Zcnaiifo); form robust, 

 or quail-like. Legs very stout: tjirsi decidedly longer than the middle toe, 

 variously scaled anteriorly. Wings short, very broad, and much rounded, but 

 tile iiriiiuiries decidedly longer than the secondaries. 

 [9. Starncenas. Legs very stout; tarsi covered anteriorly with hexnsonal scales; 



crown Muc: a blaek gular patch, bordered below by white.] 

 [10. Oeotrygon. Logs moderate; tarsi covered anteriorly with tmnsvorso scutollio; 

 erown never blue, and throat without black patch or white morklDgs.] 



Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson. 



Eclnpisten SwAiNsoN, Zool. Jour. ill. 1827,362. Type. Columba migratoria Linn. 



"Gen. Chab. Head very small. Bill short, black; eulmen one third the rest of the 

 head ; feathers of the chin running very far forward ; gonys very short. Ttirsi very short, 

 half covered anteriorly by feathers. Inner lateral claw much larger than outer, reaching 

 to the base of the middle one. Tail very long and excessively cuneato: about as long as 

 the wings. First primary longest. Black spots on suapulurs; a black and a rufous spot 

 on inner webs of tail-feathers. 



"This ^enus is readily distiiifiiuislied from the other Coliimliiitti; 

 by the excessively lengthened and acute middle feathers. It for- 

 merly mcluded the Columha cdroliiicnsin, but this, with more pro- 

 priety, has been erected into a different genus {Zcnaidiira), and will 

 be found in the next section." {Hist. N. Am. B.) 



The K. migraUmm, or common Wild Pigeon or Passenger Pigeon 

 of eastern North .'Vmerica, is slaty blue above, the wings and scap- 

 ulars more brownish and spotted with black ; the inner webs of 

 the tail-feathers have each a rufous and a l)lack spot. The male 

 has the whole head bluish plumbeous, the fore-neck and juj:uluiu 

 rich cinmimon, passing into vinaccous on the breast, tliis gradually 



