54 Kalm, Wild Pigeons in North America. [f^ 



Columba (macroura) cauda cuneiformi longa, pectore purpurascente. 



Linn. Syst. X, T. I, p. 164. 

 Columba macroura. The long-tailed Dove. Edwards' History of 



Birds, T. I, p. 15, t, 15. 

 Palumbus migratorius. The Pigeon of Passage. Catesby's Nat. 



Hist, of Carolina, Vol. I, p. 23, t. 23. 

 Dufvor, Villa Dufvor [Pigeons, Wild Pigeons], so called by the Swedes 



in New Sweden. 

 Pigeons, Wild Pigeons, by the English in North America. 

 Tourtes, by the French in Canada. 



Although these Pigeons have been splendidly illustrated by the 

 above mentioned gentlemen, they have not been able to reproduce 

 their beautiful colors in true accordance with nature, in one respect, 

 at least: the color indicated on either side of the neck should 

 extend much higher up. 



Before going further, I shall here give a sufficiently adequate 

 description, first of the male and then of the female, because they 

 are in several respects of a different coloration: in doing this I am 

 using only Latin terms, as these are better understood by ornitholo- 

 gists. 



Mas. 



Rostrum pro Avis magnitudine tenue, nigrum, aliquantulum aduncum; 

 maxilla superior extra inferiorem prominens, eamque excipiens. 

 Longitudo rostri nudi 5 lin. Geom. Sveth. 



Nares semitectae tuberculo oblongo, subcorneo, impressioni digitorum 

 cedent i. 



Oculorum Iris coccinea. 



Lingua integra, acuta. 



Caput totum cinereum in caerulescens vergens; frons tamen sordidius, 

 gula vero vividius cinerea. Collum superne cinereum splendens. 

 Ad latera colli, & exinde versus nucham, coloris est cupri splen- 

 didissimi in purpureum vergentis, qui in ipsa nucha aliquantulum 

 in viridem mutatur pro diversa versus lucem versura. 



Doi'si regio interscapularis cinerascens in pallide fuscum vergens; 

 dorsum inferius dilute glaucum. 



Remiges primariae 10, quarum secunda ceteris longior, turn prima, 

 tertia; ceterae ordine breviores. Remiges omnes nigra? quidem, 

 sed diverso modo; nam prima & secunda totse nigra?; 3-8 nigra?, 

 sed margine exteriore rufescentes, apice albo albescentes; 7, 8, 

 9, 10 etiam versus interiorem partem albescentes. Remiges 

 secundaria? nigra?, apice albescentes. Tectrices remigum pri- 

 mariarum nigra?, secundariarum proxima? cinereo-glauca?, re- 

 motiores dilute fusca? maculis quibusdam nigris. Tectrices 

 inferiores alarum dilutissima? cinerea?. 



