212 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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

 ous; length 12.00-1-1.25, wing 7.00-7.80, tail 5.50-5.80. Eggs I.IC X lO-l- 

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

 St. Bartholomew, and coast of Iloniluras. 



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



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



Species. 



Tail shading from diiskj- on middle feathers, through gradually lighter shades 

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

 (except middle pair) with a transverse blackish spot preceded by 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 

 paler toward throat ; chest and breast gra3-ish brown, or drab, gradually changing 

 to pale brownish gray on cides; 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 1.48 X 1-04. Hab. 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. LXIIL, fig. 2.) 



Species. 



Common Characters (of North and Middle Amei'ican species). — Tail-feathers 

 (excejit middle pair) grayish, paler at tips, and crossed bj- 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 

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



«'. Secondaries not tipped with white. 



i'. Lower tail-coverts light creamy buff. Adult male: Occiput light bluish gray, 

 with a glaucous "bloom"; rest of head and nock 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 cream}* buff posteriori}-, 

 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 



