f.' 



L 398 ] 



IV. 



K I 



[ Columbae. 



I 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. 11. 



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 

 ar^ 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. 



V. 



f Passeres. 

 Passerine. Faun. 



Am. Sept. 



p { 



8. Alauda. "I20. Alpestris. 289. 10. Klein, Hist, of 

 Lark. J Birds, 4to. p. jt^. Shore Lark, Faun. 

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



Albany F'ort, N° 6. 



This species is indifferendy described by Linneus, 

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

 ner web are white, [rcHricibus dimidio in- 

 teriore albis) ; though it does not appear that 

 he saw a specimen of it himself. Both the 



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