PASSERINE BIRDS. 
PASSENGER PIGEON. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill soft and straight, with a little inclination downwards at 
the tip. 
Nostrils oblong; lodged in a tuberous naked skin. 
Toes divided to their origin. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Columba migratoria. C. orbitis denudatis sanguineis, pectore 
rufo. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gniel. 1. p. 789. 
The orbits bare and blood-coloured; 
breast reddish. 
Columba Americana. Kalm. It. 2, 
p. 527. 
Oenas Americana. Briss. Av. 1 . p. 100. 
n. 12. 
Passenger Pigeon. . Arct. Zool. 2. p. 322. no. 187* pi. 14. 
Lath. Syn. 2. p. 66l. no. 61. 
None of the numerous tribe of pigeons deserve 
our particular attention more than the passenger, 
which is peculiar to North America. These birds 
are migratory, and visit the provinces in winter in 
