BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 717 
284. Columba Zenaida, Bonap. — Zenaida Dove. 
Upper, parts, light yellowish brown; middle tail-feathers, like back; the 
rest, grayish blue, with broad black band towards the end; extremity, 
bluish white ; lower parts, light brownish red, paler on the throat, and 
passing into a grayish blue on the sides; lower wing-coverts, light blue : 
deep blue spot behind eye; another large, below, on neck. | Male, 113, 
18}. Female, 103. Habitat, Florida Keys. Nests on the ground. Eggs, 
two, pure white. 
Columba Zenaida, Bonap. Syn. p.119. Nutt. i. 625. Aud. ii. 354; v. 558 ; plate 
162; Syn. p. 191. : 
285. Columba montana, Linn.— Key West Pigeon. 
’ Upper parts, brownish red; head, and hind neck, with purplish and 
green reflections ; sides of neck, cream color, with lilac, green, blue, and 
purple tints; back, purplish red; broad band beneath eye and throat, 
white; neck and breast, purple; rest, cream colored. JMale, 113, 173. 
Habitat, Key West. Nests in trees. Eggs, two, pure white. 
Columba montana, Aud. ii. 382; plate 167; Syn. p. 192. 
286. Columba passerina, Linn. — Ground Dove, Wilson, p. 409. 
Nests in bushes. Eggs, two, white. 
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Columba passerina, Bonap. Syn. p. 120. Nutt. i. 635. Aud. ii. ary; v. 558; 
plate 182; Syn. p. 192. 
GENUS Il.— GEOPHILUS, Selby.—GROUND PIGEON. 
287. Geophilus cyanocephalus, Selby.— Blue-headed Ground Pigeon, 
Upper parts, chocolate, tinged with olive ; lower parts, brownish red ; 
upper part of head, bright blue, encircled by a black band; band of white 
under eye ; broad black patch on fore neck, margined with white beneath ; 
on sides, a patch of light blue. Male, 124,173. Habitat, Florida Keys. 
Columba cyanocephala, Aud, ii. 411; plate 172, —Starnenas cyanocephala, Aud. 
Syn. p. 193. 
GENUS IlI.—ECTOPISTES, Swain.—LONG-TAILED PIGEON. 
288. Ectopistes migratoria, Linn.— Passenger Pigeon, Wilson, p. 
394 
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Columba migratoria, Bonap. Syn. p. 120. . Rich. & Swarm. ii. 363. Nutt. i. 629. 
Aud. i. 319; v. 561 ; plate 62, — Ectopistes migratoria, Aud. Syn. p.194. + ~ 
289. Ectopistes Carolinensis, Linn.— Carolina Turtle Dove, Wil- 
gon, p. 388. : 
Columba Carolinénsis, Bonap. Syn. p. 119. Nutt. i. 426. Aud. i. 91; v. 555; plate 
‘7. —Ectopistes Carolinensis, Aud. Syn, p. 195, , 
FAMILY U.—PAVONIDA, Vigors. 
GENUS MELEAGRIS, Linn. —TURKEY. 
290. Meleagris gallopavo. — Wild Turkey. 
Breeds, from Texas to Vermont ; in the interior, to Missouri, and thence 
to Michigan. Nests on the nce Eggs, from ten to fifteen, of a yel- 
lowish cream color, sprinkled with reddish dots. 
Meleagris gallopnvo, Bonap. Orn. i. 79; Syn. p. 122, Mutt. i. 630. Aud. i. J and 
33; v. 559; Syn. p. 197, 
