WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. 
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under the name of Corythus ; and Vieillot as an entirely dis- 
tinct genus, which he first named Pinicola^ but has since 
changed it to Strohilophaga. These authors have of course 
been followed by the German and English ornithologists of 
the new school, who appear to consider themselves bound to 
acknowledge every genus proposed, from whatever quarter, or 
however minute and variable the characters on which it is 
based. 
WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA. 
Plate XVII. Fig. 1. 
Columba leucocephala, Linn. Syst. i. p. 281, sp. 14. Gmel, Syst. i. p. 772, sp. 14, 
Lath, Ind. p. 594, sp. 5. Temm. Ind. Col. in Hist. Pig. et Gall. i. p. 459. 
Vieill. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 331, pi. 194. — Columba minor leucocorypbas, Raii Syn. 
p. 63, sp. 16, and p. 184, sp. 24. Klein, Av. p. 120, sp. 18. — Columba saxa- 
tilis, Jamaicensis, Sriss. Orn i. p. 137, sp. 33. Id. 8vo. i. p. 34.- — Columba capite 
albo, Tbe White-crowned Pigeon, Cateshy, Car. i. p. 25, pi. 25. Seligman, 
Sami. Selt. Vog. 2, col. plate. — Le Pigeon de rocbe de la Jamaique, Buff. Ois. ii. 
p. 529. Sonn. Buff. vii. p. 216. — Colombo a calotte blanche, Temm. Hist. Pig. 
et Gall. i. p. 204. Id. folio, pi. 13 of the second family. My Collection. Edin- 
burgh College Museum. 
COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA.— Lis^m-vs. 
Columba leucocephala, Bonap. Synop. p. 119. 
This bird has been already alluded to in our first volume, 
when pointing out the difference between it and the new Co- 
lumba fasciata of Say. We were then far from supposing that 
we should so soon have to become its historian ; but having 
ascertained that it inhabits Florida, as well as the West Indies, 
we are enabled to give it a place in these pages. A glance at 
the plate will now render the difference strikingly obvious to 
the American student, who will thus perceive, better than can 
be explained by words, how entirely distinct the above named 
species is from the present. 
The white-crowned pigeon, well known as an inhabitant of 
Mexico and the West Indies, is likewise found in great num- 
bers on some of the Florida Keys, such as Key Vacas, and 
