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COLUMBIDH, PIGEONS. —GEN. 167; 168. 225 
167. Genus COLUMBA Linneus. 
Band-tailed Pigeon. Ashy-blue, tinged with olive on the back; head, 
neck and under parts purplish, whitening on the belly; hind neck metallic 
golden, with a conspicuous white collar; tail with a dark bar, beyond this 
brownish-white ; bill and feet yellow, former black-tipped: 9 and young 
less or not purplish, the nuchal band often obscure or wanting; 15; wing 
84; tail 64, nearly even; tarsus 1, feathered above. Rocky Mountains to 
the Pacific, U. S. and southward; common. Bonar., Am. Orn. i, 77, pl. 8; 
WNurr., i, 624; Aup., iv, 312, pl..279; Bp., 597;‘Coor., 506. . FASCIATA. 
Red-billed Pigeon. Slaty-blue, olive on the back and seapulars ; head and 
neck all round, breast and wing-patch, chocolate-red ; no nuchal iridescence ; 
“bill, feet and eyes, purple ;” 14; wing 8; tail 53. Mexico, to U.S. border ; 
Cape St. Lucas. Lawr., Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1851, 116; Bo., 598, pl. 61; 
MOOR DUS. 9. Geet Un Oe uy ee ae eal Ge ns S FLAVIROSERIS; 
White-crowned Pigeon. Dark slaty-blue, paler below ; crown pure white ; 
hind neck purplish-brown, lower down metallic golden, each feather black- 
edged ; iris white ; bill and feet reddish, former blue-tipped ; 134; wing 73 5 
tail 54; Q similar. West Indies and Florida Keys. Bonar., Am. Orn. ii, 11, 
pl. 15; Nurr., i, 625; Aup., iv, 315, pl. 280; Bp., 599. LEUCOCEPHALA. 
168. Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson. 
Wild Pigeon. Adult g dull blue with olivaceous tinge on back, below 
dull purplish-red whitening on vent and crissum; sides of neck golden and 
ruby ; some wing coverts black-spotted ; quills blackish, with slaty, whitish 
and rufous edging; middle tail feathers bluish-black, the others white or 
Fie. 145. Wild Pigeon. 
ashy, the inner webs basally black with a chestnut patch; bill black; feet 
yellow; @ and young duller and more brownish or olivaceous above, below 
dull grayish, with a tawny tinge anteriorly, or quite gray; very young have 
the feathers skirted with whitish; 15-17; wing 7-8; tail about the same, 
cuneate, of 12 narrow acuminate feathers. “Wanders continually in search 
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