BIRDS—COLUMBIDAE—ECTOPISTES. 
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List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex and 
age. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
14111 
7098 
<J 
o 
New Leon, Mex. 
Rio Grande, Tex_ 
Mar. —, 1853 
Lt. Couch_ 
Major Emory_ 
A. Schott_ 
14. 00 
22 00 
8. 00 
1 Eyes, bill, and feet purple. 
COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA, Linn. 
White-headed Pigeon. 
Columba leucoccphala, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 281.— Gm. I, 772.— Lath. Ind. 1790,594.— Bonap. J. A. N. S. Ph. 
V, 1825, 30.—Ib. Syn. 119 .—Ib. Am. Orn. II, 1828, 11 ; pi. xv.— Ib. Geog. List, 1838.— 
Nutt. Man. 1,1832,625.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834,443: V, 557 ; pi. 177.— Ib. Birds 
Amer. IV, 1842, 315; pi. 280.— Temm. Pig. et Gallin. I, 459.— Gosse, Birds Jam. 1847, 299. 
Patagioenas leucocephalus, Reichenb. Syst. Avium, 1851, p. xxv.— Ib. leones Av. tab. 223 and 255.— Bonap. 
Consp. Av. II, 1854, 54.— Gundlacii, Cabanis Jour. 1856, 107. 
Sp. Ch.—T ail rounded. Second quill longest; first equal to fourth. General color very dark slaty blue ; the quills and 
tail feathers darker above ; black beneath. Upper half of head from bill to nape pure white, not reaching the edge of the 
eyelids; margined behind by bluish, which, however, on the back of the neck, passes into rich purplish brown ; the lower part 
and sides of the neck scaled with metallic golden green, each feather margined with black. In life the bill purple, the tip light 
blue. Iris white. Legs deep dark red. Length, 13.50 ; wing, 7.50 ; tail, 5.80. 
Hab .—Indian key and other southern keys of Florida . Not on main land ? West Indies generally. 
The female of this species appears precisely similar to the male. In the dried skin the red of 
the bill and legs appear much the same ; the tip of the former whitish. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings 
Wing. 
1934 
Florida ?. 
S. F. Baird. 
18662 
<? 
Indian Key, Fla_ 
July 23, 1857 
G. Wurdemann.. 
13. 50 
22 50 
7 50 
8664 
Q 
13 no 
20 00 
6 50 
2 8663 
s 
Tortugas, Fla_ 
13. 00 
21. 50 
7. 50 
1 Purple bill, with light blue end ; feet red, iris whitish. * Black eyes and whitish iris, bill purple, with light blue end. 
ECTOPISTES, Swain so n. 
Edopistes, Swainson, Zool. Jour. Ill, 1827, 362. Type Columba migratoria, L. 
Ch.—H ead very small. Bill short, black; culmen one-third the rest of the head. Tarsi very short, half covered ante¬ 
riorly by feathers. Inner lateral claw much larger than outer, reaching to the base of the middle one. Tail very long and 
excessively cuneate ; about as long as the wings. First primary longest. 
This genus is readily distinguished from the other Columbinae by the excessively lengthened 
and acute middle feathers. It formerly included the Columba carolinensis, but this, with 
more propriety, has been erected into a different genus, and will be found in the next section. 
