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COLUMBID.E. 



RASORES. 



COrJJMBlD^T,. 



THE PASSENGER PIGEON. 



Culumha migrntoriii, Passenger Pigeon, Flem. Brit. An, p. 145. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 163. 



,, ,, Migratori/ ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 30. 



,, ,, Columbe voyageuse, Temm. Suppl. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iv. 



p. 309. 

 Fxtiipisles migratorius. Passenger Turtle, Selby, Nat. Lib. Ornith. vol. v. p. 



177. 



EcTOPiSTES. Generic Characters. — Bill slender, notched. Wings rather 

 elongated, pointed ; the first and third quill-feather equal, the second longest. 

 Tail rounded, or cuneated. Feet short, naked : anterior scales of the tarsi im- 

 bricate ; lateral scales very small, reticulate. 



