PAVONINE. 
195 
289. 2. Ectopistes Carolinensis, Linn. Carolina Long- 
tailed-Dove. 
PiiATE XVII. Male and Female. 
Fourteen tail-feathers. Male with the crown of the head and hind 
part of the neck light blue ; fore neck and breast light purplish-red, 
sides and lower wing-coverts light blue, abdomen and lower tail-coverts 
pale yellow ; upper parts light yellowish-brown ; lower part of neck 
behind and along the sides changing to gold and purplish-red ; some 
of the wing-coverts with a black spot ; quills and larger coverts greyish- 
brown, inclining to greyish-blue at the base, and very narrowly edged 
with whitish ; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest blue at the 
base, bluish-white toward the end, with a black band intervening be- 
tween the two colours. Female smaller, with the tints duller, the up- 
per part of the head scarcely tinged with blue. 
Male, 12, 17. Female, 11, 15i. 
Breeds from Texas to Massachusetts, and throughout the interior to 
the eastern bases of the Rocky Mountains, and again on the Columbia 
River. Common. Resident in all the Southern Districts. 
Columba carolinensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 286. 
Carolina Pigeon or Turtle-Dove, Columba carolinensis. Wins. Amer. Orn. v. v. 
p. 91. 
Columba carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 119. 
Carolina Pigeon or Turtle-Dove, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 626. 
Carolina Turtle-Dove, Columba carolinensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 91 5 v. v. 
p. 555. 
FAMILY XXX. PAVONINE. PAVONINE BIRDS. 
Bill rather short, moderately stout, broader than high at 
the base, somewhat compressed toward the end ; upper 
mandible with its extremity arched, thin-edged, and obtuse ; 
lower narrowed and blunt. Head partially denuded, rather 
small, oblong; neck long; body very large. Feet stout, 
rather long ; tarsus anteriorly scutellate ; hind toe elevated 
anterior toes webbed at the base. Claws rather denuded, 
obtuse. Plumage full, the feathers with a very large plu- 
mule and short tube ; those of the hind part of the back 
much developed. Wings of moderate length, convex, round- 
ed. Tail very large, of more than twelve feathers. Tongue 
triangular, pointed ; oesophagus dilated into an enormous 
