482 BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 
duller, and on the upper parts somewhat darker, with the black band 
on the tail less decided, the middle feathers being but faintly marked 
with it. 
Length to end of tail 154 inches. 
It was omitted to mention that the minute spots on the eggs are 
white. 
Nutratu’s Doe-woon. 
Cornus Nutratut, Audubon. 
This very beautiful tree, which was discovered by Mr Nutra tt, on 
the Columbia River, attains a height of fifty feet or more, and is cha- 
racterized by its smooth reddish-brown bark ; large, ovate, acuminate 
leaves, and conspicuous flowers, with six obovate, acute, involucral 
bracteas, which are rose-coloured at the base, white towards the end, 
veined and reticulated with light purple. The berries are oblong, and 
of a bright carmine. 
