Local Names of Migratory Game Birds. 7S 
287. Black Oyster-catcher (Haematopus bachmani). 
Range.—Pacific coast of North America. Breeds from Prince William Sound, Alaska, west throughout 
Aleutian Islands and south to central Lower California; winters from southern British Columbia to Lower 
California. 
Vernacular names.—Black snipe (Oreg.); oyster-catcher (Wash.); redbill, sea-parrot 
(Bee)): 
Book names.—Bachman’s oyster-catcher, huitrier noir (black oysterer), Townsend’s 
oyster-catcher. 
Famity JACANIDAE: Jacanas., 
288. Mexican Jacana (Jacana spinosa). 
Range.—Rio Grande Valley, Texas, southern Florida, and the Greater Antilles to Mazatlan, Mexico 
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and Panama. 
Names.— Vernacular names: Jacana, Jesus Christ bird (Tex.). Book names: Armed 
sandpiper, vanneau armé de la Louisiane (Louisiana armed lapwing). 
Order COLUMBAE: Pigeons and Doves. 
Famiry COLUMBIDAE: PIGEONS anp Doves. 
312. Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata). 
Range.—Transition zone from southwestern British Columbia, western Washington, western Oregon, 
northern Utah, and north central Colorado south through southwestern United States and Mexico to 
Nicaragua, and east to western Texas; winters from southwestern United States southward. 
Vernacular names.—Blue pigeon (Calif.); blue-rock (Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.); 
mountain pigeon (Calif.); pigeon (B. C.); wild pigeon (Wash., Oreg., Calif., Tex.). 
Book name.—White-collared pigeon. 
Common Pigeon (Columba livia). 
Range.—Europe, northwest Africa, central and southern Asia; this species is the original stock of many 
varieties of domestic pigeons and has become naturalized in most cities of the United States and to some 
extent in rural regions. 
Names.—In the United States these birds usually are calied pigeons, sometimes 
doves; in Great Britain the ordinary name is rock dove, but blue dove, rock pigeon, 
and wild pigeon also are used; in France the bird is called colombe biset and pigeon 
biset, meaning plain dove or pigeon. 
313. Red-billed Pigeon (Columba flavirostris). 
Range.—Lower Rio Grande Valley south through Mexico (both coasts) and central America to Costa 
Rica. 
Names.—Blue-rock (Tex.); red-billed dove (book). 
314. White-crowned Pigeon (Colwmba leucocephala). 
Range.—Southern Keys of Florida, the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, some of the Lesser Antilles, Yucatan, 
and coast of Honduras. 
Book names.—Colombe 4 calotte blanche (white-capped pigeon), white-headed 
pigeon. 
316. Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura). 
Range.—North America. Breeds chiefly in Sonoran and Lower Transition Zones from British Columbia, 
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and southern Nova Scotia south throughout the United States and 
Mexico, and locally in Lower California and Guatemala; winters from southern Oregon, southern Colo- 
rado, the Ohio Valley, and North Carolina to Panama; casual in winter in the Middle States. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use.—Dove, mourning dove, turtle dove. 
In local use.—Blue dove (Ga.); cooing dove (Mich., Calif.); long-tailed dove (R. I.); 
old-field dove (Ga.); rain dove (Calif.); tourterelle (often shortened to tourt, turtle 
dove) (La.); wild dove (Pa., Va., Calif.); wild pigeon (Long Id., N. Y., Pa., Man., 
Wash.); wood dove (Fla.). 
Geographic index.—Calif., cooing dove, rain dove, wild dove; Fla., wood dove; 
Ga., blue dove, old-field dove; La., tourterelle; Man., wild pigeon; Mich., cooing 
dove; N. Y., wild pigeon; Pa., wild dove, wild pigeon; FR. J., long-tailed dove; Va., 
wild dove; Wash., wild pigeon. 
