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282. 1. Columba fasciata, Say. Band-tailed Dove. 
Plate CCCLXVII. Male and Female. 
Wings long, the second quill longest, the first with the outer web 
narrower at the base than beyond the middle ; tail of moderate length, 
rounded. Head, fore neck, and breast, light reddish-purple, that 
colour fading on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts into whitish ; a 
narrow half-ring of white on the hind neck, the lower part of which is 
of a metallic greenish-brown tint; upper parts greyish-blue, tinted 
with brown ; rump and sides of the body blue ; quills brownish -black, 
very narrowly margined with brownish- white ; tail greyish -blue at the 
base, much paler, and tinged with yellow toward the end, these colours 
being separated at the distance of two inches from the tip by a band 
of black. Female with the black band on the tail less decided, the 
middle feathers being but slightly marked with it. 
MalBj 16, wing, 9. Female^ I 62 . 
From the eastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains, and across them to 
the Columbia River. Common. Migratory. 
Columba fasciata, Say, Long’s Exped. v. ii. p. 10. 
Columba fasciata, Bonap. Syn. p. 119. 
Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 77. 
Band-tailed Pigeon, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 624. 
Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 479. 
283. 2. Columba leucocephala, Linn. White-headed Dove. 
Plate CLXXVII. Male and Female. 
Upper parts dusky greyish-blue, lower paler ; quills and tail-feathers 
darker ; upper part of head white, hind neck dark purplish-brown, 
lower part and sides green, changing gold-colour, each feather mar- 
gined with deep black. 
MaUy 141, 28^. Female^ 14. 
Florida Keys. Common during summer only. 
Columba leucocephala, Bonap. Syn. p. 119. 
White-headed Pigeon, Columba leucocephala, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 15. 
White-crowned Pigeon, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 625. 
White-headed Pigeon, Columba leucocephala, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 443 ; v. v. 
p. 557. 
284. 3. Columba Zenaida, Bonap. Zenaida Dove. 
Plate CLXII. Male and Female. 
Wings of moderate length, with the second quill longest ; tail 
rounded, upper parts light yellowish-brown; quills brownish-black, 
narrowly margined with whitish, seven of the secondaries broadly 
tipped with white, the inner secondaries and the coverts with a broad 
black spot on the inner web toward the end ; middle tail-feathers like 
the back, the rest greyish-blue, with broad black band toward the end, 
the extremity bluish-white ; lower parts light brownish-red, paler on 
