. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . -. Tltey are demure little fellows, andajjpcar to deser\e a l)etter fate. They are fed 1)_\- regurgitation: what, werel)etter not s])ecified. A Aultures e\rie is a shameful place at best, and atits wiM>t, when the season is adxanccd, it is awful. The |)arent birds are \erv solicitous fo|- their young, Init are not braveenough to come t(_i l)lows. Tf caught u])on the nest the female will hiss(lefiantlv. Besides this, the birds ha\ e oul\- one note, a low. guttural croak—of
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . -. Tltey are demure little fellows, andajjpcar to deser\e a l)etter fate. They are fed 1)_\- regurgitation: what, werel)etter not s])ecified. A Aultures e\rie is a shameful place at best, and atits wiM>t, when the season is adxanccd, it is awful. The |)arent birds are \erv solicitous fo|- their young, Init are not braveenough to come t(_i l)lows. Tf caught u])on the nest the female will hiss(lefiantlv. Besides this, the birds ha\ e oul\- one note, a low. guttural croak—of alarm, rather than warning. If closely beset the bird is said to eject thecotitents (if its crop—an eflectual defense, in \ery sooth!. Tat hy Fiiilcy and Bohhium. \of.\T, Tl•|;K^:^■ ;. THE BAXU-TAJLED PIGEON. 553 No. 223. BAND-TAILED PIGEON. A. O. U. Xo. 312. Columba fasciata Sa}-. Synonyms.—^^ILD Pickdn. Passenger Pigeon (as frt-iiucntly mis-identified ). Description.—Adult male: Head and neck all around and underjiarts, chang-on abdomen, dull wine-purplish, darkest on crown and chest, lightening, morebluish, on chin and upper throat; a sharp, narrow cervical collar of white: behindthis is a crescentic patch of rounded feathers in scale-like arrangement, iridescent,with brassy and bronze-green reflections : liack. scapulars, and tertials lustrouspurplish-slate: rump, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts, lining of wings, sides andflanks ashy blue; crissum and under tail-coverts \vhite; flight-feathers dusky:tail ashy blue basally, ashy brown terminally and crossed by a broad subterminaiband of dusky. Bill yellow, tipped with black; legs and feet yellow with blacknails; a prominent red eye-ring. .Idiilt
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