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I. OKDKK COM MH.lv PKJKOXS. 

 XXIV. FAMILY COLUMBID^E. PIGEONS. 



a 1 . Tarsus shorter than lateral toes. Subfamily COLI;MBINM:. 



6 1 . Tail very long, wedge shaped, with 12 pointed feathers. ECTOPISTES. 6(i 

 a 2 . Tarsus longer than lateral toes. Subfamily ZEXAIPIX.K. 



c 1 . Tail long, pointed, of 14 pointed feathers. /KXAIDURA. 67 



66. (IKNUS Ef'TOlTSTES SWAIXSON. 



' : 124. (315). Ectopistes migratorius (.LINN.). 



Passenger Pig-eon. 

 Synonym, WILD PIGEON. 



Passenger Pigeon. 



Male. Slaty-blue above, the wings and scapulars more 

 brownish and spotted with black; the inner webs of the tail feathers 

 have each a rufous and a black spot. The male has the whole head 

 bluish-plumbeous, the foreneck and jugulum, rich cinnamon, passing 

 into vinaceous on the breast, this gradually becoming paler posteriorly; 

 the sides of the neck, richly glossed with metallic solferino-purple 

 Female. Head, foreneck, and jugulum, brownish-ashy or drab, gradu- 

 ally lightening posteriorly. (Ridgway.) 



Length, 15.00-17.25; wing, 8.00-8.50; tail, 8.20-8.75. 



RANGE. Deciduous forest regions of eastern North America; west, 

 casually to Washington and Nevada; Cuba. 



Nest, of twigs, in trees. Eggs, 1 or 2; white; 1.47 by 1.02. 



