BIRDS—COLUMBIDAE—ECTOPISTES, 599 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex and Locality. When collected. Whence obtained. | Collected by— | Length. | Stretch | Wing. 
No. age. | of wings. 
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24111 3 New Leon, Mex-_----- | Mar. —, 1853 | Lt. Couch -....- [Mcdatee scant... 14. 00 | 22 00 | 8. 00 
7098 ° Rio Grande, Tex.---- | Lugwentaeacaes Major Emory-.-.| A. Schott -....- | Lei oe |----+---|-------- 
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1 Eyes, bill, and feet purple. 
COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA, Linn. 
White-headed Pigeon. 
Columba leucocephala, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 281.—Gm. I, 772.—Larn. Ind. 1790, 594.—Bonap. J. A. N. S. Ph. 
V, 1825, 30.—Is. Syn. 119.—Is. Am. Or, II, 1828, 11; pl. xv.—Is. Geog. List, 1838.— 
Nutr. Man. I, 1832, 625.—Aup. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 443: V, 557; pl. 177.—Is. Birds 
Amer. IV, 1842, 315; pl. 280.—Temm. Pig. et Gallin. I, 459.—Gosser, Birds Jam. 1847, 299. 
Patagioenas leucocephalus, RercHens. Syst. Avium, 1851, p. xxv.—Is. Icones Ay. tab. 223 and 255.—Bonap. 
Consp. Av. II, 1854, 54.—-Gunpiacu, Cabanis Jour. 1856, 107. 
Sp. Cu.—Tail rounded. Second quill longest ; first equal to fourth. General color very dark slaty blue ; the quills and 
tail feathers darker above ; black beneath. Upper half of head from bill to nape pure white, not reaching the edge of the 
eyelids; margined behind by bluish, which, however, on the back of the neck, passes into rich purplish brown; the lower part 
and sides of the neck scaled with metallic golden green, each feather margined with black. In life the bill purple, the tip light 
blue. [ris white. Legs deep dark red. Length, 13.50; wing, 7.50; tail, 5.80. 
Hab .—Indian key and other southern keys of Florida. Not on main land? West Indies generally. 
The female of this species appears precisely similar to the male. In the dried skin the red of 
the bill and legs appear much the same; the tip of the former whitish. 
Tist of specimens. 
Catal.) Sex. Locality. When collected.} Whence eutamed | Collected by— | Length.} Stretch | Wing. 
No. | of wings 
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18662 | Indian Key, Fla..--. July 23, 1857 | G. Wurdemann..|_.._._..-.------ 13. 50 22.50 7.50 
8664 Om Poa -< (0) Sn doses Sc\- 5-582 doz sah S25 foo | 13.00 20.00 6.50 
28663 3 ‘Tortugas, Hla sssselta= 5 doecesee|aasaes do.-=-2=. |aeee a toe Ses | 13.00] 21.50 7.50 
+ Purple bill, with light blue end; feet red, iris whitish. *% Black eyes and whitish iris, bill purple, with light blue end. 
ECTGPISTES, Swainson. 
Ectopistes, Swainson, Zool. Jour. IT, 1827, 362. Type Colwnba migratoria, L. 
Cu.—Head very small. Bill short, black ; culmen one-third the rest of the head. 'Tarsi very short, half covered ante- 
riorly by feathers. Inner lateral claw much larger than outer, reaching to the base of the middle one. Tail very long and 
excessively cuneate ; about as long as the wings. First primary longest. 
This genus is readily distinguished from the other Columbinae by the excessively lengthened 
and acute middle feathers. It formerly included the Columba carolinensis, but this, with 
more propriety, has been erected into a different genus, and will be found in the next section. 
