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Report of State Geologist. 



I. Order COLUMB^. Pigeons. 

 XXIV. Family COLUMBID^. Pigeons. 



aK Tarsus shorter than lateral toes. Suhfamily Columbine. 

 fti. Tail very long, wedge shaped, with 12 pointed feathers. 

 a'. Tarsus longer than lateral toes. Suhfamily Zenaidin^. 

 c^ Tail long, pointed, of 14 pointed feathers. 



66. Senus ECTOPISTBS Swainson. 



ECTOPISTES. 66 



Zenaiduba. 67 



*124. (315). Ectopistes migratorius (Linn.). 



' Passenger Pigeon. 



Synonym, Wild Pigeon. 



Passenger Pigeou. 



AdiiU Male. — Slaty-blue above, the wings and scapulars more 

 hiownish and spotted with black; the inner webs of the tail feathers 

 have each a rufous and a Ijlack spot. The male has the whole head 

 bluish-plumbeous, tlie foreneck and jugulum, rich cinnamon, passing 

 into vjiiaceous on the breast, this gradually becoming paler posteriorly; 

 tile sides of the neck, richly glossed with metallic solferino-purple 

 Female. — Head, foreneck, and jugulum, brownish-ashy or drab, gradu- 

 ally lightening posteriorly. (Ridgway.) 



Length, 15.00-17.25; wing, 8.00-8.50; tail, 8.30-8.75. 



Range.— Deciduous forest regions of eastern North America; west, 

 casually to Washington and Nevada; Cuba. 



Nest, of twigs, in trees. Eggs, 1 or 3; white; 1.47 by 1.03. 



