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jY f Columbae. 



' t Columbine. Faun. Am. Sept. 



7. COLUMBA, } 19. Migratoria. 285. 36. Migratory 



Pigeon, j Pigeon. Catesb. I. 23. Kalm II. 

 p. 82. t. Passenger Pigeon, Faun. Am. Sept. n. 



Severn River, N 63. Wood-pigeon. 



These pigeons are very scarce so far northward as 

 Severn river, but abound near Moose- fort, and 

 further inland to the southward. Their com- 

 mon food are berries and juniper buds in 

 winter ; they fly about in great flocks, and 

 are reckoned good eating. This account is 

 confirmed by Kalm in his travels (English 

 edition) Vol. II. p. 82 and 311. They hatch 

 only two eggs at a time, and their nests are 

 built in trees. Their eyes are small and black, 

 the irides yellow, the feet red : the neck fine- 

 ly glossed with purple, brighter in the male. 

 They weigh 9 ounces. 



y ( Passeres. 



( Passerine. Faun. Am. Sept. 



8. Alauda. ) 20. Alpestris. 289. 10. Klein, Hist, of 



Lark, j Birds, 4to. p. 73. Shore Lark, Faun. 

 Am. Sept. 12. Catesb. I. 32. 



Albany Fort, N 6. 



This species is indifferently described by Linneus, 

 who says that all the tail-feathers on their in- 

 ner web are white, (reftriczbMS dimidio in- 

 ter lore albis] ; though it does not appear that 

 he saw a specimen of it himself. Both the 



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