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The Common Wild Pigeon (Edopistes migratorius ), 
North America. 
The Blue-headed Pigeon ( Starncenas cyanocephala ,) 
southern United States and West Indies. 
The Carolina Dove (Zencedura carolincnsis ,) North Amer¬ 
ica. 
The Zenaida Dove ( Zenaida amabilis ), West Indies. 
The Key West Dove ( Geotrygon martinica ), southern 
United States and West Indies. 
The White-winged Dove (. Melopeleia leucoptera ), south¬ 
western United States. 
These birds are all more or less common in the regions where 
they are found. The common wild pigeon was migratory in 
habit, and formerly moved in enormous flocks of many mill¬ 
ions. They used to be seen in some parts of the West, during 
their annual migration, covering acres of trees at night, when 
roosting, although it is now a question if they are not wholly 
extinct. 
Many of the pigeons from the Malayan Islands, which 
is the great home of the order, are of striking beauty. Among 
them are the Blood-Breasted Pigeon (Phlogcenas cruentata ) 
of the Philippine Islands, the Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps 
chalcoptera ) of Australia, the Green-winged Pigeon ( Chal - 
cophaps indie a), the Australian Pigeon (Ocyphaps lo- 
photes ), the Red-naped Fruit Pigeon ( Carpophaga paulina ) 
of Celebes, the Speckled Dove ( Turtur tigrina) of Burmah, 
the Eastern Turtle Dove (71 orienta/is) from eastern 
Asia and the Goura or Crowned Pigeon (Goura coronata ) 
of New Guinea. Another rare species, now to be seen here, 
is Sclater’s Crowned Pigeon ( G . sclateri). 
The crowned pigeon is as large as a guinea-fowl, and has 
the top of its head surmounted by a beautiful crest of 
radiating feathers. The common species readily bears the 
winters of France and England, and has frequently bred 
there. 
The Barbary Turtle Dove (Turtur risorius ), the Half- 
collared Dove (71 semi-torquatus ) of Africa, the Barred 
Dove (Geopelia striata), and the Ground Dove ( Chamcepe - 
leia passerina ) of the southern United States and the West 
Indies belong also to this group. 
The most aberrant member is the Tooth-billed Pigeon 
(Didunculus strigirostris ), which derives its name from a 
number of serrations, like teeth, at the tip of the mandible, 
or lower bill. 
