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Report of Static Upioj.ooist. 



I. Ordek COLUMB.E. PuiKoNs. 

 XX I \'. Family COLUMBlDyE. Pigeonr. 



o'. Tardus slioiter than lateral toes. Snhfamily CoiyUMBiNyK. 



A". Tail very long, wedge shaped, with 12 pointed feathers. Fxtopistes. 66 

 a-. Tarsvis longer than lateral toes. Subfamily Zp]n.\ii)IN.k. 



r'. Tail long, pointed, of 11 pointed feathers. Zknaipura. 67 



()6. Gknus ECTOPISTES Swainson. 



'124. (315). Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 



Passenger Pigeon. 

 Svnonvni, WiLi> Pi(;eon. 



Pasisenger Pigeon. 



Adidt Male. — Slat3'-blue above, the \vings and scapulars more 

 brownish and spotted with bhick; the inner webs of the tail feathers 

 have each a rufous and a black spot. The male has the whole head 

 bliiish-phinibeous. the foreneck and Jugulinn, rich cinnamon, passing 

 into vinaccous on the breast, this gradually becoming paler posteriorly; 

 the sides of the neck, richly glossed with metallic solferino-purple 

 Female. — Head, foreneck, and jugulum, brownish-ashy or drab, gradu- 

 ally lightening posteriorly. (Ridgway.) 



Length, 15.00-17.25; wing, 8.00-8.50; tail, 8.30-8.75. 



Range. — Deciduous forest regions of eastern North America; west, 

 casually to Washington and Nevada; Cuba. 



Nest, of twigs, in trees. Eggs, 1 or 2; white; 1.47 by 1.02. 



