. Our northern and eastern birds : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces; together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs . fully fledged before the24th of May. CORVUS CARNIVOEUS. — Occasionally seen in this district. It breeds onthe high, rocky portions of islands in the lower St. Lawrence. CYANURA CRISTATA. — Abundant in the mountains north of this city,where they breed. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. — Somet
. Our northern and eastern birds : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces; together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs . fully fledged before the24th of May. CORVUS CARNIVOEUS. — Occasionally seen in this district. It breeds onthe high, rocky portions of islands in the lower St. Lawrence. CYANURA CRISTATA. — Abundant in the mountains north of this city,where they breed. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. — Sometimes very common in the fall. 1have not noticed this bird in the vicinity of Quebec during summer; but,while on a collecting trip down the St. Lawrence, in the month of July, Isaw numbers of the old and young in the woods, at a pljice called MilleVaches. They were following each other in one direction, and appeared tome to have habits similar to those of the Black-cap Titmouse. From tliisfact of its occurrence on the north shore of the St. Lawrence at the aboveseason, it is evident that they breed in our wild, unfrequented forests, suchas may be found north and east of the river Saguenay. I have offered ahigh price for the nests and eggs of the Canada Jay; but, as yet, nothing ofthe kind has Wild Pigeon, Ectopistes migratoria. Swainsoa. THE WILD PIGEON. 373 SUB-ORDER COLUMB^. The basal portion of the bill covered by a soft skin, in which are situated thenostrils, overhung by an incumbent fleshy valve, the apical portion hard and con-vex; the hind toe on the same level with the rest; the anterior toe without mem-brane at the base; tarsi more or less naked; covered laterally and behind withhexagonal scales. Family COLUMBlDiE. The Doves. Bill homy at the tip; tail feathers twelve, only occasionally fourteen; heausmooth. Sah-Family Columbine. Tarsi stout, short, with transverse scutellie anteriorly; feathered for tlie basalthird above, but not at all behind; toes l
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