JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 139 



Winter plumage, mostly white; no black on lores or shafts of 

 secondaries; summer plumage, a mixture of black, rufous, tawny, 

 and buffy white; depth of bill, at base .40 or more. 



L ago pus lagopus. 

 Willow Ptarmigan. 

 See No. 143. 



Family PHASIANID^. Pheasants, 

 Turkeys, etc. 



Subfamily MELEAGRIN^. Turkeys. 



Toes, four, the hind toe elevated above the rest; bill, rather short 

 and stout; wing, short and somewhat rounded, the outer primaries 

 curved; wing, more than 12 inches long. 



Resembles domestic Turkey, but legs usually pink red; primaries, 

 broadly barred with white; upper tail coverts and tail, tipped with 

 chestnut brown. Meleagris gallopavo silvestris. 



Wild Turkey. 

 See No. 146. 



Family COLUMBID^E. Pigeons and Doves. 



Toes, four, hind toe not elevated above the rest; nostril, opening 

 into a soft fleshy membrane; tarsus, usually shorter than the toes; 

 wings, rather long and flat. 



GROUP 1. Wing, less than 6.50 inches long. 

 SECTION 1. Primaries, dark slaty brown or blackish. 



Upper parts, grayish olive; rump, grayish olive; crown, tinged 

 with slate color; sides of neck, with purplish metallic reflections; a 

 bluish black spot on lower edge of ear coverts ; tail, pointed ; middle 

 tail feathers, much longer than outer feathers; length, less than 13 

 inches. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis . 



Mourning Dove. 

 See No. 148. 



