. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Upper parts, grayish olive; crown, tiuoed with slate color; sides of neck, withpurplish metallic reflections; a bluish black spot on lower edge of ear coverts;wing coverts, not broadly tipped with white; tail, pointed; middle tailfeathers, much longer than outer feathers. Hourning No. 252. —-v^. Wing coverts, broadly tipped with white; crown, and back of the neck, drabcolor; tail, square not pointed; outer feathers, but slightly shorter than mid-dle ones; t«rininal fourtli of ta
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . Upper parts, grayish olive; crown, tiuoed with slate color; sides of neck, withpurplish metallic reflections; a bluish black spot on lower edge of ear coverts;wing coverts, not broadly tipped with white; tail, pointed; middle tailfeathers, much longer than outer feathers. Hourning No. 252. —-v^. Wing coverts, broadly tipped with white; crown, and back of the neck, drabcolor; tail, square not pointed; outer feathers, but slightly shorter than mid-dle ones; t«rininal fourtli of tail feather*, ashy, or ash gray. White=winged Dove. Melopelia No. FA31ILY con AIBID^E. PIGEONS AND DOVES. 157 Wiuy, over iuchcs loiiii-; no white on wings; genenil plumage, slaty blue,varying in sUade; tail, square; adult birds have top of head, white. White Crowned Pigeon. Columba Xo. 254. Crown, bluish bordered ))} black; a white stripe from back of head, under eye tochin; throat ami upper breast, l)lack; the feathers, more or less marked witliblue. Cuban species accidental on Florida Keys? Blue=headed ;£iiiis <i/(tnucij)hr( No. 253. Section 2. Greater portion of primaries, rufous brown. V (< V
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