. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. mm BE. At this time the male is id aiTectionate address, md cooing, with various only quench their thirst time immerging the bill ong, or other note than coo. Species are found ' are most numerous in [JMBA, L.) ' with that of til., order. Temm. Bonav.) aad turgid at tip. Tarsus the 1st primary somewhat mg in trees or hollow trunks, 1 similar substances. Flight ing of 12 feathers. PIGEON. Orn. 1. p. 77. pi. 8. fig. 3. 4938.) > band behind the head; tail niddle ; bill yellow, black at ! description i
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. mm BE. At this time the male is id aiTectionate address, md cooing, with various only quench their thirst time immerging the bill ong, or other note than coo. Species are found ' are most numerous in [JMBA, L.) ' with that of til., order. Temm. Bonav.) aad turgid at tip. Tarsus the 1st primary somewhat mg in trees or hollow trunks, 1 similar substances. Flight ing of 12 feathers. PIGEON. Orn. 1. p. 77. pi. 8. fig. 3. 4938.) > band behind the head; tail niddle ; bill yellow, black at ! description is taken by it appears, shot in July line spring, on a small lin the first range of the idividual, probably the nners nothing is known, year, it is probable that ion in the vicinity. ZENAIDA DOVE. 625 The specimen was 13inches long. The feet , and the nails of a br. golden-fp-een; under part of the neck pale vinaceous purple, the yent paler. Tail slightly rounded. ^maceous WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. (Columhalcucocepkala, L. Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. pi. 16. fig. i. [fe- male.] ; crown cream-white; bill red. whitish This species, well known as an inhabitant of Mexico and the West Indies, is also gregarious, and found in great numbers on the rocks of the Florida Keys, where they breed in society, and, when first seen in the spring feed principally upon the beach plum, and the berries of a kind of palm. From the peculiar selection of their breeding-places, t!>ey are known, in some of the West Indies, particularly Jamaica. St. Domingo, and Porto Ri- CO. by the name of Rock Pigeons. They likewise abound in the Bahama Islands, and form an important article of food to the inhabitants ; particularly the voung, a. they become fully grown. ' ^ The length of the White-Crowned Pigeon is about 14 inches the a ar extent 23. The bill red at the base, above bluish-whUe F^e ca red. Iris orange. Cervical space small, deep purpH h a larg
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