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Genus I.— COLUMBA, Linn. DOVE. 
Bill straight, rather short, slender, compressed ; upper mandible with the 
dorsal line straight at the base, convex toward the end, the nostrils linear, 
oblique, covered with a fleshy bare membrane, the edges sharp toward the 
end, with a distinct notch, the tip narrow, sharp-edged, rounded ; lower 
mandible with the angle long and pointed, the sides erect, the base sloping 
outwards toward the end, the edges sharp, the tip narrow, but blunt. Head 
small, oblong, compressed; neck of moderate length; body full. Feet short, 
strong ; tarsus very short, roundish, with a single row of scutella above, and 
two anterior rows of large hexagonal scales ; toes beneath rather slender, 
broad and flat beneath, marginate, with large scutella ; hind toe smallest, 
lateral about equal. Claws of moderate size, arched, compressed, acute. 
Plumage rather compact above, blended beneath ; wings long, pointed, the 
second and third quills longest. Tail of moderate length, rounded, of twelve 
broad rounded feathers. 
BAND-TAILED DOVE, OB PIGEON. 
Columba pasciata, Say. 
PLATE CCLXXIX. — Male axd Female. 
In the course of Colonel Long’s expedition to the Rocky Mountains, a 
single specimen of this large and handsome Pigeon was procured. This 
individual was afterwards figured in the continuation of Wilson’s American 
Ornithology. Many specimens, however, have more recently been obtained 
by Mr. Townsend, from whom I have procured three pairs of adult and 
some young birds. Comparing them with the figure above alluded to, I 
should consider it as having been taken from a young male. In my plate 
