PASSENGER PIGEON. 



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green on their outer webs ; the secondaries and 

 the greater coverts are of a clear reddish- white, 

 changing according to the reflection of the light 

 to a greenish hue : the middle coverts are of a 

 golden-green : the smaller coverts, the scapulars, 

 and the upper part of the back, are of a chesnut- 

 colour, with metallic reflections : the occiput, and 

 the hinder part of the neck, are of a deep green : 

 the head, the fore-parts of the neck, and the 

 breast, are of a beautiful dark green, with brilliant 

 reflections : the belly, and the whole of the under 

 parts of the body, are of a pure white : the beak 

 and the feet are red. 



B. Tail wedge-shaped. 



PASSENGER PIGEON. 

 (Columba migratoria.) 



Co. corpore cinereo, cervice viridi-aureo purpurascentibus, alis d. 

 medio maculis omtiSi pectore rufo^ abdomine albo. Femina^ 

 corpore griseo^usco, subtus albido, pectore alho-Jiavicante, 



Pigeon with a cinereous tail, the top of the neck of a green 

 golden purple, the wings with ovate spots in the middle, 

 the breast rufous, and the abdomen white. Female with the 

 body of a grey- brown, beneath whitish, the breast whitish- 

 yellow. 



Columba migratoria. Linn. Syst. Nat, l. 285. 1(5. male. — GmeL 

 Syst. Nat. l. 789. 36. male.— Za^/z. hid, Orn. 2. 6l2. 70. male, 

 — Temm. Pig. Ind, 486. — Wils. Amer. Orn. 



