. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . t Indian species, a single specimen of which was taken at Key West,Florida. A dark colored species, with purplish head, neck and breast; named from thescaly appearance of the iridescent feathers on the sides of the neck. 192 PIGEONS 315. Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius. Range.—Formerly, North America east of theRockies; casually seen in the upper Mississippi Valley, now extinct. A handsome species (see frontispiece) withruddy underpa
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . t Indian species, a single specimen of which was taken at Key West,Florida. A dark colored species, with purplish head, neck and breast; named from thescaly appearance of the iridescent feathers on the sides of the neck. 192 PIGEONS 315. Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius. Range.—Formerly, North America east of theRockies; casually seen in the upper Mississippi Valley, now extinct. A handsome species (see frontispiece) withruddy underparts, grayish upperparts and a long graduatedtail. This speciesv>% years ago found |b^ in Hocks of thous-5£.-. ands or millions,is now practical-ly exterminated,chiefly by beinghunted and trap-ped. A few pairsprobably now nestin the interior,from northernUnited States to Hudson Bay. Their nests arevery rude, frail platforms of twigs, on whichtwo white eggs are laid, they being longer andnarrower, comparatively, than those of other species. Size of eggs, —Soutbwest shore of Lake Manitoba, June 1, 1891. Nest of twigsaspen tree. White. r Pi geon x an
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