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WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. 
COLUMBA LEUCOCEP HJ1LJ1. 
Plate XVII. Fig. 1. 
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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. Vie ill. 
Gal. Ois. II, p. 331, PI. 194. 
Columba minor leucocoryphas, Raii, Syn. p. 63, Sp. 16, and p. 184, Sp. 24. Klein, 
Av. p. 120, p. 120, Sp. 18. 
Columba saxatilis jamaicensis, Briss. Orn. I, p. 137, Sp. 33. Id. Svo. I, p. 34. 
Columba capite albo, The White-crowned Pigeon, Catesby, Car. I, p. 25, PI. 25. 
Seligman, Sami. Selt. Vog . II, col. plate. 
Le Pigeon de roche de la Jamaique , Buff. Ois. II, p. 529. Sonn. Buff. VII, p. 216. 
Colombe a calotte blanche, Temm. Hist. Pig. et Gall. I, p. 204. Id. folio PI. 13 of the 
second family. 
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My Collection. 
This bird has been already alluded to in our first volume, 
when pointing out the difference between it and the new Columba 
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 numbers on 
some of the Florida keys, such as Key Vacas and others, early in 
spring, where it feeds almost exclusively on a kind of wild fruit, 
