. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . 61 Prairie Hen 35 Ptarmigan, Rock 47 Welchs .... 48 Willow .... 43 Puffin 406 Quail-dove, Blue-headed . 14Key West . 9 Rail, Black 196 Clapper 183 King 188 Virginia 180 Yellow 194 Redhead 340 Ruff 150 49 Sandpiper, Bairds .... 142Bartramian . .164Buff-breasted . -132Curlew . . .125 Least 136 Pectoral . . .130Purple .... 134 CONTENTS. Vll Sandpiper, Red-backed . Senii-palmated Solitary Spotted Still . White-runipedScoter, American . .Suif ....White-wingedShearwater, Audubons Corys Gr
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual . 61 Prairie Hen 35 Ptarmigan, Rock 47 Welchs .... 48 Willow .... 43 Puffin 406 Quail-dove, Blue-headed . 14Key West . 9 Rail, Black 196 Clapper 183 King 188 Virginia 180 Yellow 194 Redhead 340 Ruff 150 49 Sandpiper, Bairds .... 142Bartramian . .164Buff-breasted . -132Curlew . . .125 Least 136 Pectoral . . .130Purple .... 134 CONTENTS. Vll Sandpiper, Red-backed . Senii-palmated Solitary Spotted Still . White-runipedScoter, American . .Suif ....White-wingedShearwater, Audubons Corys Greater SootyShoveller ....Skimmer, Black Skua Snipe, Wilsons Sora Spoonbill, Roseate Stilt, Black-necked Swan, Trumpeter . Whistlinfr . Page126 143 160 145129 33333^334 275274272 275300260 25s172189108 52299296 Teal, Blue-winged Tern, Green-wiArctic .Black .CabotsCaspianConimmiForstersGull-billetLeast .RoseateRoyal .Sooty .Tropic Bird, ReTurkey, WildTurnstone WidgeonWillet . .Woodcock Yellow-legs red d-billed Greater Pack 319 3-2CO230 227 213216218225223217228381 5 71 3^3 146 176 54 152. PASSENGER PIGEON. WILD IMIGRATORTUS. Char. Above, grayish blue, deeper on head and rump, back tingedwith brown; primaries blackish with border of pale blue ; middle tail-feathers dusky, the remainder shading through blue to white ; neck withmetallic reflections of golden purple and wine color; under parts brown-ish red with a purple tint shading through purplish pink to white. Nest. In tree, — a frail platform of twigs. E,£;;gs. I or 2 ; dull white; X The Wild Pigeon of America, so wonderful for its gregarioushabits, is met with more or less according to circumstances VOL. II. — I 2 PIGEON TRIBE. from Mexico to Hudson Bay, in which inhospitable regionit is seen even in December, weathering the severity of thecUmate with indifference, and supporting itself upon themeagre buds of the juniper when the ground is hidden byinundating snows. To the west it is found to
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