PASSENGER PIGEON 



PLATE CXXXVI. 



Columba migratoria, . . . FLEMING. YARRELL. 

 Ectopistes migratoria, . . . SELBY. 



A VERY rare straggler from North America, of which 

 five or six examples only have been shot in the British 

 Islands. 



The nest, which is placed in trees, and is only a layer of 

 a few sticks, is put together in a single day. The young 

 are hatched in eighteen days ; both male and female assisting 

 in making the nest, in the work of incubation, and in 

 feeding the young. 



The eggs, two in number, and not one as frequently 

 stated, are pure white. 



