368 



xoijTii A^r^;HICAN r.iHDs. 



Tlu! ErfDjiisfrs ruif/rofnria is blue alxivi", tlio male ]nii'])li,sh-rG(l lioiicatli, 

 the i'emale Iji'owiiisli-asliy, passing into wliitish behiiul. Tiie wing above 



Erliipislf s tnii^ratorin. 



and scapulars arc spotted with bluish-l)lack, the sides of the neck with 

 metallic gluss ot soHcrino-purple ; the inner webs of tail-feathers have each 

 a rui'ous and a black spot. 



Ectopistes migratoria, Savainson. 



WILD FIOKON; FASSENOEB-FIOEON. 



Cohimhd iniitnit(i)-iii, LiXN. Syst. Niit. 1, 17<iG, 285. — (!.m. 1, 38!>. — I''<ii;sti:i:, I'liil. Tmiis. 

 T.XII, 1772. :i!i>s. — "Wilson, Aim. Oin. 1, ISOS, 102, iil. xliv. — W.vgi.ki!, Syst. Av. 1827, 

 Xo. 91. — .\iii. Oni. r.idj,'. I, 18:n, 31!> ; V, TiUl, i>l. Ixii. Eelojiistis miiirtiloria, 

 SwAiNsos, Zoiil. .lour. Ill, 1827, 3.-).'). - lis. V. IJnr. Am. II, 1831, 3(13. - Hon. 

 Coiisii. \v. II, 1854, 59. — All). Syii. 1839, 194. —In. Hinls Am.-r. V, 1842, 25, 1>1. 

 polx.xxv. — " Kkicii. Iioiii's .\v. t:il). 249, ligs. 1377, 1379." — IJaiud, Miicls X. Am. 

 1858, (iOO. — Ma.x. (ill). ,1. VI, 18.58, 424. — Loud, Pr. l{. A. I. IV, 122 (ikitisli 

 Coliimliiii, IVnm iriast ; nest mi j;roiiiiil). — ConrKi! & Sicki.ky, 218. — CiKirKU, Oni. 

 Cai. I, 1879, .509. Cnlinnlui odimknsix, I.ixN.Krs, Syst. Xiit. I, 17(it), 284. — Om. I, 

 1788, 785. Fcmnlc or yoiiiif,'. (Prior name?) Columhu amcricana, "Kai.m, It. II, 

 527." P(i!<.iniif,i- I'ii/riin, Pknnani-, 11, 322. — I-atii. Syii. II, ii, (iCl. 



Sp. CllAit. Tail with twi'lvc fcatli(.'rs. Tppi'i- parts <,'oiiorally, incliidinjr -siili's of body, 

 licfid, and neck, an<l tlic fliin. liliic. IJciioatli. purple lirowiiisli-rccl. I'adiiiu: behind into a 

 violet tint, .\iial rej^idii anil under tail-eoverts blnisli-wliile. Scapulars, inner tertial.s, 

 and middle oC baek widi an (>liv(>-brown tinfie ; the win^'-coverts, seapular.'!, and inner 

 terti.ils with larpe oval spots of liliie-blaek on the outer webs, mostly eoiieealed, except 

 on the latter. Priiu.'uies blackish, with a border of pale bluish tiiiired internally with red. 

 Middle tail-feather lir<i\vii ; the rest jiale bhu; on the outer web, white internally; each 

 with a ])atcli of reddi.sh-brown at the base of the inner web, followed by another of 

 black. Sides and back of iieok richly glcssi'd with metallic j^oklen-violet or reddish- 



