304 COLUMBIA. 



RASORES. COLUMBIDA', 



\) 



THE PASSENGER PIGEON. 



Ectopistes migratorius. 



Columba migratoria, Passenger Pigeon, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 145. 



JENVNS, Brit. Vert. p. 163. 



Migratory EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 30. 



Columbe voyageuse, TEMM. Suppl. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iv. p. 



309. 

 Ectopistes migratorius, Passenger Turtle^ SELBY, Nat. Lib. Ornith. vol. v. p. 177. 



ECTOPISTES. Generic Characters. Bill slender, notched. Wings rather 

 elongated, pointed ; the first and third quill- feather equal, the second longest. 

 Tail rounded, or cuneated. Feet short, naked: anterior scales of the tarsi im- 

 bricate ; lateral scales very small, reticulate. 



