U. S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
M'8 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
Wing. 
No. 
collected. 
No. 
of wings. 
8740 
Fort Steilacoom, W. T. 
Sept. 25_ 
Dr. Suckley_ 
555 
8738 
Q 
Shoal water bay_ 
Gov. Stevens ... 
Dr. Cooper_ 
8734 
s 
8733 
2 
Fort Vancouver .... 
July—, 1853 
_do. 
13 
8736 
_do__ 
July 10_ 
1933 
$ 
Columbia river _ 
July 30, 1835 
S. F. Baird. 
J. K. Townsend - - 
2825 
Q 
_do___ _ 
May 16,1835 
4468 
Dr. Newberry _ 
Fort Tejon, Cal .... 
J. X. de Vesey 
8741 
Los Nogales, Mex_ 
July—, 1855 
Maj. Emory 
86 
Dr. Kennerly... 
8739 
Mitnbres to Rio Grande 
4109 
2 
New Leon, Mex. .. . 
Lt. Couch_ 
COLUMBA FLAVIROSTRIS, Wagler. 
Red-billed Dove. 
Coluniba jlaviroslris, Wagler, Isis, 1831, 519.— Lawrence, Annals N. Y. Lyc. V, May, 1851, 116. 
Chloroenasjlavirostris, Bonap. Consp. Av. II, 1854, 52. 
? Columba solitaria, McCall, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. Ill, July, 1847, 233. Rio Grande, Texas. Description 
referring probably to the female of this species. 
Sp.Ch. —Second and third quills equal, and decidedly longer than the first and fourth, also nearly equal. Tail truncate, 
slightly rounded. Head and neck all round, breast, and a large patch on the middle and lesser wing coverts, light chocolate 
red, the latter deeper and more opaque red ; the middle of the back, scapulars, and tertials olive ; the rest of body, wings, and 
tail very dark slaty blue ; the inferior and concealed surfaces of the latter black. Bill and legs yellow in the dried skin, said to 
be purple in life ; eyes purple. Length, 14 inches ; wing, 8 ; tail, 5.70. 
Hab. —Lower Rio Grande. 
There is no trace of any metallic scale-like feathers on the neck of this species. The wing 
feathers, including the greater coverts, are whitish on their external border. There is a tinge 
of the red on the inside of the wing. 
The Columba solitaria of McCall appears to he closely related to this species, hut, judging 
from the description, appears to differ in having the head and neck bluish rather than red. It 
may possibly be the female of C. favirostris, as this sex usually has bluish instead of red ; the 
smaller size, too, would favor this supposition. 1 
1 Columba solitaria, McCall, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. Ill, July, 1847, 233. “ Length, 13 inches 9 lines, &c. Alar extent 23 
inches. Wing, from the flexure, 7 inches 5 lines. Tarsus 1 inch ; middle toe 1 inch 2 lines ; first toe 9 lines, and longer than 
the third ; nails light flesh color ; feet and legs deep red. Iris dark orange. Bill above, 1 inch 1 line, but feathered to within 5 
lines of the tip ; reddish near the base, whitish near the tip. Head, chocolate blue. Throat, chocolate white. Neck and breast, 
bluish chocolate with brilliant reflections. Back, belly, flanks, under wing coverts, and greater exterior wing coverts, light red 
color, the last faintly bordered with white. Lesser wing coverts chocolate red, forming a bright shoulder spot of elliptical 
shape. Quill feathers dusky, tinged with lead color on the outer vanes. Third primary longest. Upper and under tail coverts 
bluish lead color. Tail, 5 inches, slightly rounded, of twelve feathers ; dusky.” 
