9. ECTOPISTKS. 369 



web grey, except towards the apical portion : " iris reddish brown ; 

 bill and legs carmine" (Woodford). Total length about 1(5 inches, 

 wing 8-2, tail 8, bill 0-9, tarsus 1. 



Young (type). Head dark brown, occipital crest shorter than in 

 the adult, with the tips of the feathers dark chestnut ; the general 

 plumage above darker slate-colour : beneath dark brown, changing 

 into the slate of the adult. 



Hab. Guadaleanar, Solomon Islands. 



a. Imm. sk. Guadalcanal Voy. of H.M.S. ' Herald.' 



(Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. Guadalcanal-. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [P.], 



Subfamily III. ECTOPISTINvE. 



9. ECTOPISTES. 



Type. 



Ectopistes, Sw. Zool. Journ. hi. p. 362 (1827)*; id. 



Class. B. ii. p. 348 (1837) E. migratorius. 



Trygon, Brehm (nee Adans.), Handb. Naturg. Jog. 



Deutsehl. p. 495 (1831) E. migratorius. 



liamje. The same as that of the only species. 



1. Ectopistes nrigratorius. 



Palumbus migratorius, Catesb. Car. i. p. 23, pi. 23 (1754). 



Columba americana, Kalm. It. ii. p. 527 (175(5). 



Oenas americana, Briss. Orn. i. p. 100, n. 12 (1760). 



Turtur canadensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. L18, n. 21 (1760). 



Columba canadensis, Linn. .V. N. i. p. 284, n. 30 (1766) (ex Brisson t) 

 (female or young) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 785, n. 30 (1788) ; Lath. lad. 

 Orn. ii. p. 613, n. 72 (1700); Bonn. Tabl. Enc. Mith. i. p. 257 

 (1700) ; Vieill. N. D. xxyi. p. 377 (1818). 



Columba migratoria, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 285, n. 36 (1766); Forster, 

 Phil. Trans, xxii. p. 398 (1772) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 789, n. 36 (1788) ; 

 Lath. lad. Orn. ii. p. 612, n. 70 (1790) ; Bonn. Erie. Meth. i. p. 254 

 (1790) ; Wik. Am. Orn. i. p. 102, pi. xliv. f. 1 (1808); Temm. § 

 Knip, Pit/, i. seconde fam. pis. 48, 49 (1808-11) ; Temm. Pia. et 

 GaUin. i. pp. 346, 487 (1813) ; Vieill. N. D. xxyi. p. 369 (1818) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 03 (1810) ; Desm. Diet. Se. Nat. xl. 

 p. 355 (1826); Bp. Obs. Wilson, n. 179(1825); Wagl. Syst. A,: 

 Columba, sp. 91 (1827); And. Edinb. Journ. of Se. xii. p. 257 

 (1827); Flem. Hist. Brit. An. p. 145 (1828); Less. Tr. cPOrn. 

 p. 473 (1831) ; Ami. Orn. Binr,r. i. p. 319 (1831); Nutt. Man. i. 

 p. 629 (1832): Ei/t. Hist, rarer Brit. B. p. 30 (1886); Less. 

 Compl. de Buff. Ois. yiii. p. 62 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 286 

 (1838) ; Aud. Orn. Biogr. v. p. 561, pi. 62 (1830) ; Temm. Man. 

 oVOrn. iv. p. 309 (1840) ; Gulliv. P. Z. S. 1840, p. 43, 1842, p. Ill, 

 1875, p. 489. 



Pigeon de passngr, Buff. Hist. Xat. Ois. ii. p. 527 (1771). 



* Swninson, among the characters of the genus F.etopisfcs. says that the tail 

 is rounded or cuneate, and mentions C. speciosa, Temm. (with a ? i and C. miyra- 

 toria. L., as the types; the same author restricted the genus Ectopistes to 

 C migratoria, in the second work mentioned aboye. 



t By mistake Linnc <]u itea Turtur januiirrnsis. Briss.. instead of T. canadensis. 

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