92 COLUMBID^. PEEISTEEID^. 



Sub-Family ECTOPISTIN^E. 



Genus ECTOPISTES, Swains.k 

 Ectopistes migratorius {Linn.). 



Columba migratoria, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vo*. p. 61, talj. xi. fig. 11 



(1845-54). 

 Ectopistes migratorius, Baird, Brewer Sr Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 



p. 868 (1874); Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 132, pi. iv. 



fig. 6 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 369 (1893) ; 



Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 160, pi. 47. fig. 11 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 76 (1899). 



The eggs of the Passenger-Pigeou measure from 1-36 to 1'6 in 

 length, and from 1'04 to 1'17 in breadth.* They are moderately 

 glossy. 



1. Laid in confinement in England. H. "Walter, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Canada (Gale : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 1. Rockford, Illinois [Blachman: Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Smiths. Inst.). 

 1. EastWindsor Hill, U.S.A. (»". Salvin-Qodmam Coll. 



Wood : Smiths. Inst). 

 1. Texas {H. E. Dresser). Seebohm Coll. 



Family PEEISTERID.E. 



Sub-Pamily ZENAIDINJi;. 



Genus ZENAIDURA, Bp. 



Zenaidura carolinensis (Linn.'). 



Zenaidura carolinensis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 10 (1856-63) ; 



Baird, Brewer Sr Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 383 (1874) ; 



Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 374 (1893) ; Sharpe, Handr-l. 



i. p. 76 (1899). 

 Zenaidura macroura, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 139, pi. iv. 



figs. 8, 9 (1892). 



The eggs of the Carolina Dove are moderately glossy, and measure 

 from I'd to 1-2 in length, and from -85 to -87 in breadth. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. N. America, 9th-l 6th May (aVMsAaa; Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Coll.). 



The eggs of this Pigeon figured by Thienemann measure only 1-2 by -9. 



