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COLUMBID.E, riGEONS. GEN. 167, 168. 225 



167. Genus COLUMBA Linnaeus. 



^L \ Band-tailed Pigeon. Ashy-blue, tinged witli olive on the back ; head, 

 ueck and under parts purplish, whitening on the belly ; hind neek metallic 

 golden, with a conspicuous white collar; tail with a dark bar, beyond this 

 brownish-white ; bill and feet yellow, former l)lack-tipped : $ and young 

 less or not purplish, the nuchal band often ol)scure or wanting ; 15 ; wing 

 8J ; tail 6^, nearly even ; tarsus 1, feathered above. Eocky Mountains to 

 the Pacific, U. S. and southward ; common. Bonap., Am. Orn. i, 77, pi. 8 ; 

 NuTT., i, 624 ; Aud., iv, 312, pi. 279 ; Bd., 597 ; Coop., 506. . fasciata. 

 Red-hilled Pigeon. Slaty-blue, olive on the back and scapulars ; head and 

 neck all round, breast and wing-patch, chocolate-red; no nuchal iridescence; 

 "bill, feet and eyes, purple ;" 14 ; wing 8 ; tail 5|. Mexico, to U. S. border ; 

 Cape St. Lucas. Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1851, 116-; Bd., 598, pi. 61; 

 Coop., 508 flavirostris. 



%k>^\ White-croivned Pigeon. Dark slaty-hlue, paler below ; crown pure white ; 

 hind neck purplish-brown, lower down metallic golden, each feather black- 

 edged ; iris white ; l)ill and feet reddish, former blue-tipped ; 13|- ; wing 7^ ; 

 tail 5J ; $ similar. West Indies and Florida Keys. Bonap., Am. Orn. ii, 11, 

 pi. 15; NuTT., i, 625; Aud., iv, 315, pi. 280; Bd., 599. leucocephala. 



168. Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson, 



%"! Wild Pigeon. Adult ^ dull blue with olivaceous tinge on back, below 



dull purplish-red whitening on vent and crissum ; sides of neck golden and 



ruby ; some wing coverts black-spotted ; quills blackish, with slaty, whitish 



and rufous edging ; middle tail feathers bluish-black, the others white or 



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Fk. Ill Willi Pigeon. 



ashy, the inner webs basally black with a chestnut patch; bill black; feet 

 yellow; 9 and young duller and more brownish or olivaceous above, below 

 dull grayish, with a tawny tinge anteriorly, or quite gray ; very J'oung have 

 the feathers skirted with whitish ; 15-17 ; wing 7-8 ; tail about the same, 

 cuneate, of 12 narrow acuminate feathers. "Wanders continually in search 



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