PASSENGER PIGEON. 
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red ; the vent and under tail-covers pure white ; 
on the sides of the neck there is the irregular 
patch of scale like feathers so frequently occur- 
ring among the Columbidw, deep black, edged 
with white. 
The genus Ectopistes was long since established 
by Mr. Swainson, for the Passenger and Carolina 
Pigeons of America. They are closely allied to 
the last, and differ chiefly from it in the develop- 
ment of the organs of flight, the wings and tail; 
all the species that we know of are gregarious, 
perform lengthened migrations, and are arboreal 
in their habits. — Swainson. 
Ectopistes — Generic character. — Bill mode- 
rate, the maxilla with little angle; “ wings 
very long, pointed, the two first quills longest ; 
tail cuneated, the four middle feathers lan- 
ceolate; hinder toe and tarsus equal, the latter 
half plumed. The fissirostral type.” 
Types, E. migratoria. America. 
Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratoria, 
Swainson. — Columba migratoria, Linn., etc. — Co - 
lombe voyageuse , Temm. — Ectopistes migratoria, 
Swain., Selby. — Passenger and Migratory Pigeon 
and Turtle of British authors. — The addition of 
the above genus to the British list, consists in the 
