PIGEONS, DOVES 



(314) Columba leucocephala 



Linn. (Lat., a pigeon; Gr., white head). 

 WHITE-CROWNED ^ PIGEON. 

 A slatj'-gray species having the whole 

 top of the head white. A Cuban 

 pigeon, casual on the Florida Ke^'S. 



(315) Ectopistes migratorius 



(Linit.) (Gr., a wanderer; Lat., migratory). 

 PASSENGER PIGEON; WILD 

 PIGEON. Tail long, of twelve 

 graduated, pointed feathers. Ad. 

 cf — Plumage as shown ; blue-gray 

 above and rusty-brown below; a 

 metallic green and purple patch on 

 the sides of the neck; no blacic 

 spots on the head. Ad. 9 — Duller 

 aboA-e and brownish-gray below; tail 

 shorter. 



Range — From Quebec and Kee- 

 watin south to the Gulf. Now per- 

 haps extinct. 



CHACHALACAS, our only representatives of this 

 Family, are abundant in southern Texas. They combine 

 an exceedingly long, broad tail and long legs with a compara- 

 tively small body. They can run with great rapidity, but 

 their flight is rather weak and accompanied by considerable 

 sailing, in which the broad tail is of great assistance. While 

 tourists do not regard them as very edible, they are hunted 

 by natives and sold in the markets. They are quite readily 

 domesticated and often kept with other fowls, but their 

 harsh, discordant voices, with qualities similar to those of 

 Guinea-fowls, make them far from desirable. 



Ordek COLUMB.E. Pigeons and Doves 



Family COLUMBIDyE. Pigeons and Do\'es 



PASSENGER PIGEONS, or Wild Pigeons, according to 

 the tales handed down to us by our ancestors and our famous 

 early naturalists, must have been one of the most abundant 

 species of birds that ever lived in this or any other country. 



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