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ORNITHOLOGY. 



Both the bird described by Quoy and Gaimard, as above, of which 

 specimens are in the collection of the Philadelphia Academy, and that 

 described by Mr. Peale, of which specimens are in the present collec- 

 tion, are the young of Colurnba erytJiroptera, Gmelin. This species is 

 probably diffused over several groups of islands in the Pacific, or mi- 

 grates seasonally. 



Mr. Peale mentions it as follows : 



" Of this plump partridge-like Dove, but little can be said at present; 

 we never saw but two specimens, which were found at Carlshoflf, one 

 of the coral islands of the Paumotu Archipelago. The whole island 

 on which they were killed contains but a few acres of forest-land, 

 under the trees of which Avere dense and tall bushes, from amongst 

 which they flushed like Partridges, their wings producing much the 

 same whirring sound. Not having a dog to rouse them, we were 

 unable to find any more. 



This may possibly prove to be identical with Latham's Garnet- 

 Aviuged Pigeon [Colamhn erythvopterci)^ said to have been found at the 

 Island of Eimeo, by Captain Cook, but the difference of plumage as 

 well as locality, constrains us to offer it as new." 



C. Genus ECTOPISTES, Swamson, Zool. Jour. Ill, p. 3G2 (1827). 

 1. ECTOPISTES CAEOLINENSIS {Linn.). 



Cohnnha caroh'nensis, LlNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 286 (170(3). 

 VoJumha manjinata, LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 286 (1766)? 



Catesby, Carolina, I, Plate XXIV; Wils. Am. Orn. V, Plate 

 XLIII, fig. 1 ; Aud. B. of Am. Plate XVII ; Oct. ed. V, Plate 

 CCLXXXVI. 



Specimens in the collection from Oregon present no characters dif- 

 ferent from those of the common bird of the States on the Atlantic. 

 The range of this species is, therefore, throughout the entire extent of 

 the temperate regions of North America. 



The smaller species, discovered by Dr. Woodhouse, on the River 

 Zuni, appears to be a more southern bird. It is Ectopistes marginella, 

 Woodhouse, and is quite distinct from the present bird, though much 

 resembling it in all general characters, except size. 



