598 U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specirnms. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Wbcn I Whence obtained, 
collected. 
| 
Orig 
No. 
Collected by 
Length. 
Stretch 
ft wings. 
Wing 
8740 
8738 
8734 
8733 
8736 
1933 
2825 
44GS 
8741 
8739 
4109 
Fort Steilacoom, W. T. 
Sept. 25 
555 
n 
V 
(J 
0 
¥ 
Gov. Stevens 
do 
Fort Vancouver 
do 
July—, 1853 
July 10 
do 
do 
13 
do 
Q 
Columbia river 
July 30, 1835 
May 16, 1835 
S. F. Baird 
do 
Fort Tejon, Cal 
Lt. Williamson.. 
Dr. Newberry 
Los Nogalcs, Mex 
Mimbres to Rio Grande 
New Leon, Mex . 
July—, 1855 
Maj. Emory 
86 
Dr. Kennedy . 
Q 
Lt. Couch 
1 
1 
COLUMBA FLAVIROSTRIS, Wagler. 
Red-billed Dove. 
Culumba Jlavirostris, "VVacler, Isis, 1831, 519 .— Lawrence, Annals N. Y. Lyc. V, May, 1851, 116. 
C/i/oj ocnas Jlavirostris, Bonap. Consp. Av . II, 1854, 52. 
? Culumba solitaria, McCall, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. Ill, July, 1847, 233. Rio Grande, Texas. Description 
refeiring probably to the female of this species. 
Sp.Ch. — Second and third quills equal, and decidedly longer than the first and fourth, also nearly equal. Tail truncate, 
slightly rounded. Head and neck all round, breast, and a large patch on the middle and lesser wing coverts, light chocolate 
red, the latter deeper and more opaque red ; the middle of the back, scapulars, and tertials olive ; the rest of body, wings, and 
tail very dark slaty blue ; the inferior and concealed surfaces of the latter black. Bill and legs yellow in the dried skin, said to 
be purple in life ; eyes purple. Length, 14 inches ; wing, 8 ; tail, 5.70. 
Hab. — Lower Rio Grande. 
There is no trace of any metallic scale-like feathers on the neck of this species. The wing 
feathers, including the greater coverts, are whitish on their external border. There is a tinge 
of the red on the inside of the wing. 
The Columha solitaria of McCall appears to be closely related to this species, but, judging 
from the description, appears to differ in having the head and neck bluish rather than red. It 
may possibly be the female of C. Jlavirostris, as this sex usually has bluish instead of red ; the 
smaller size, too, would favor this supposition. 1 
1 Columha solitaria, McCall, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. Ill, July, 1847, 233. "Length, 13 inches 9 lines, &c. Alar extent 23 
inches. Wing, from the flexure, 7 inches 5 lines. Tarsus 1 inch ; middle toe 1 inch 2 lines ; first toe 9 lines, and longer than 
the third ; nails light flesh color ; feet and legs deep red. Iris dark orange. Bill above, 1 inch 1 line, but feathered to within 5 
lines of the tip ; reddish near the base, whitish near the tip. Head, chocolate blue. Throat, chocolate white. Neck and breast, 
bluish chocolate with brilliant reflections. Back, belly, flanks, under wing coverts, and greater exterior wing coverts, light red 
color, the last faintly bordered with white. Lesser wing coverts chocolate red, forming a bright shoulder spot of elliptical 
shnpo. Quili feathers dusky, tinged with lead coloron the outer vanes, Third primary longest. Upper and under tail coverts 
bluish lead color. Tail, 5 inches, slightly rounded, of twelve feathers dusky." 
