314 BAND-TAILED DOVE. 



in the season (October and November) feeding mostly on the berries of the 

 tree cornel, but still they seem to migrate some distance to the south, as the 

 severity of the winter approaches." 



Columea fasciata, Say, Long's Exped., vol. ii. p. 10. 



Columba fasciata, Bonap. Syn., p. 119. 



Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. i. p. 77. 



Band-tailed Pigeon, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 624. 



Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iv. p. 479. 



Male, 16, wing, 9. Female, 15 J. 



From the eastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains, and across them to the 

 Columbia river. Common. Migratory. 



Adult Male. 



Bill straight, rather short, slender, compressed; upper mandible with a 

 tumid fleshy covering at the base, where it is straight in its dorsal outline, 

 convex towards the end, with a sharp-edged, declinate, rather obtuse tip; 

 lower mandible with the angle long and pointed, the sides erect at the base, 

 sloping outwards toward the end, the edges sharp, the tip narrow but blunt. 

 Nostrils medial, oblique, linear. 



Head small, oblong, compressed; neck of moderate length; body full. 

 Feet short, strong; tarsus very short, rounded, with two anterior rows of 

 large hexagonal scales; the hind part fleshy, with very small scales; toes 

 broad and flat beneath, marginate, with large scutella above; the hind toe 

 smallest, the lateral nearly equal, the middle toe much longer. Claws of 

 moderate size, arched, compressed, grooved beneath, rather acute. 



Plumage rather compact above, blended beneath, on the hind neck strong, 

 with metallic gloss. Wings long, the second quill longest, the third only a 

 twelfth of an inch shorter, the first six-twelfths shorter, and a little longer 

 than the fourth, the rest rather quickly graduated; secondaries of moderate 

 breadth and rounded. First quill with the outer web narrower at the base 

 than toward the end, the second and third quills with their outer webs 

 having a slight sinus and attenuated toward the end. Tail of moderate 

 length, rounded, of twelve broad abruptly rounded feathers, of which the 

 lateral is half an inch shorter than the longest. 



Bill yellow, with the tips black. Feet yellow, claws greyish-black. Bare 

 space around the eyes carmine. The head, fore neck, and breast are of a 

 light reddish-purple or wine-colour, which on the abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts fades into whitish; a narrow half-ring of white on the hind neck, the 

 lower part of which is of a metallic brownish-green tint. The upper parts 

 are greyish-blue, darker, and tinged with brown on the fore part of the back 

 and scapulars; sides of the body and rump greyish-blue. Alula, primary 



