92 COLUMBID^J. - 



Sub-Family ECTOPISTIN^E. 



Genus ECTOPISTES, Swains. 



Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 



Columba migratoria. Thien. Fortnflanz. qes. Voq. p. 61. tab. xi. fig. 11 



(1845-54). 

 Ectopistes migratorius, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 



p. 368 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hint. N. A. Birds, i. p. 132, pi. iv. 



fig. 6 {1892) ; Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 369 (1893) ; 



Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 160, pi. 47. fig. 11 (1896) ; Sharne. 



Hand-l. i. p. 76 (1899). 



The eggs of the Passenger-Pigeon measure from 1-36 to 1-6 in 

 length, and from 1'04 to 1-17 in breadth.* They are moderately 



1. Laid in confinement in England. H. Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Canada (Gale: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Rockford, Illinois (Blackman: Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. Inst.). 



1. East Windsor Hill, U.S.A. (W. Salvin-Godinan Coll. 



Wood: Smiths. Inst.). 



1. Texas (H. E. Dresser). Seebohm Coll. 



Family PEBISTERIME. 



Sub-Family ZENAIDIN^E. 



Genus ZENAIDURA, Bp. 



Zenaidura carolinensis (Linn.). 



Zenaidura carolinensis, Baedeker, EierEur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 10 (1855-63) ; 



Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 383 (1874) ; 



Salvador*, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 374 (1893) ; Sharne, Hand-l. 



i. p. 76 (1899). 

 Zenaidura macroura, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 139. pi. iv. 



figs. 8, 9 (1892). 



The eggs of the Carolina Dove are moderately glossy, and measure 

 from I'Ol to 1-2 in length, and from -85 to -87 in breadth. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. N. America, 9th-l 5th May (Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Coll.). 



* The eggs of this Pigeon figured by Thienernann measure only 1'2 by -9. 



