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The Blue-headed Pigeon (Starncenas cyanocephala ), 
Southern United States and West Indies. 
The Carolina Dove ( Zencedura carolinensis ), North Amer¬ 
ica. 
The Zenaida Dove ( Zenaida amabilis ), West Indies. 
The Key West Dove ( Geotrygon martinica ), Southern 
United States and West Indies. 
These birds are all more or less common in the regions 
where they are found. The Common Wild Pigeon is migra¬ 
tory in its habit, and travels in enormous flocks of many mil¬ 
lions. They may be seen in some parts of the west, during 
their annual migration, covering acres of trees at night, when 
roosting. 
Many of the pigeons from the Malayan Islands, where 
is the great home of the order, are of striking beauty. Among 
them are the Blood-Breasted Pigeon ( Phlogoenas cruentata ), 
of the Philippine Islands; the Bronze-winged Pigeon ( Phaps 
chalcoptera ), of Australia, and the GouRAor Crowned Pigeon 
( Goura coronata ), of New Guinea. 
THE CROWNED PIGEON. 
This superb bird is as large as a guinea-fowl, and has the 
top of its head surmounted by a beautiful crest of radiating 
feathers. It readily bears the winters of France and England, 
and has frequently laid eggs, which in many cases have been 
hatched, in both of those countries. 
