25(3 
Allen’s naturalist's librarv'. 
{Tn/iaim repens), and the seeds ofxlw?.? . ^ u. couch-grass 
attempt the dangerous experiment of total extermiLtion.” 
Ml- »' tilL^Sk" 
maritime and inland cliffs, generally the formin' 
incSi^lr, -5 to x -65 
SUB-FAMILY 
THE POINTED-TAILED PIGEONS. 
ECTOPISTIN-^. 
In these American birds the tail is verv npr-.,!;.,. u ■ 
Mrf rs b- -s MiS 
sub* 4.'"= ” “ -"Sfe S.ed« i"r 
the passenger pigeons, genus ectopistes. 
Swainson, Zool. Journ. p. 362 (1827). 
'^'ypc. E, migratoritts (Linn.). 
I he following is the only representative of the genus :— 
1. THE AMERICAN PASSENGER PIGEON. 
ECTOPISTES MIGRATORIUS. 
Calwnba migraioria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 285 (1766). 
