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R A SORES. 



COLEMBTM:. 



COLUMBID^E. 



THE PASSENGER PIGEON. 



Ectopistes migratorius. 



Columba migratoria, Passenger Pigeon, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 145. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 163. 



Migratory EYTON, Eare Brit. Birds, p. 30. 



Columbe voyageuse, TEMM. Suppl. Man. d'Ornith. 



pt. iv. p. 309. 



Ectopistes 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 imbricate ; lateral scales very small, reticulate. 



