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green on their outer webs; the secondaries and 

 the greater coverts are of a clear reddish-white, 

 changing according to the reflection of the light 

 to a greenish hue : the middle coverts are of a 

 golden-green : the smaller coverts, the scapulars, 

 and the upper part of the back, are of a chesnut- 

 colour, with metallic reflections : the occiput, and 

 the hinder part of the neck, are of a deep green : 

 the head, the fore-parts of the neck, and the 

 breast, are of a beautiful dark green, with brilliant 

 reflections : the belly, and the whole of the under 

 parts of the body, are of a pure white : the beak 

 and the feet are red. 



B. Tail wedge-shaped. 







PASSENGER PIGEON. 

 (Columba migratoria. ) 



Co. corpora cinereo, cervice viridi-aureo purpurascentibus, alts a 

 media maculis ovatis, pectore rufo, abdomine albo. Femiua, 

 corpore griseo-Jusco, subtus albido, pectore albo-Jfavicante. 



Pigeon with a cinereous tail, the top of the neck of a green 

 golden purple, the wings with ovate spots in the middle, 

 the breast rufous, and the abdomen white. Female with the 

 body of a grey- brown, beneath whitish, the breast whitish- 

 yellow. 



Columba migratoria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 285. 16. male. GmeL 

 Syst. Nat. i. 789. 36. male. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 612. 70. male. 

 Temm. Pig. Jnd. WQ. Wih. Amtr. Orn. 



