. The birds of New England and adjacent states : ... arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature ... with illustrations of many species of the birds, accurate figures of their nests and eggs . ly fledged before the24th of May. CORVUS CARNIVORUS. — Occasionally seen in this district. It breeds onthe high, rocky portions of islands in the lower St. Lawrence. • CYANURA CRIST AT A. — Abundant in the mountains north of this city,where they breed. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. — Sometimes very common in the fall. Ihave not noticed this bird in the vicinity of Quebec during summer; but,while
. The birds of New England and adjacent states : ... arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature ... with illustrations of many species of the birds, accurate figures of their nests and eggs . ly fledged before the24th of May. CORVUS CARNIVORUS. — Occasionally seen in this district. It breeds onthe high, rocky portions of islands in the lower St. Lawrence. • CYANURA CRIST AT A. — Abundant in the mountains north of this city,where they breed. PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. — Sometimes very common in the fall. Ihave 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 place 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 thisfact 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, suchis 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 migratoriu. Swaiuson. THE WILD PIGEON. 373 SUB-ORDER COLUMB^E. 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 COLUMBID^. The Doves. Bill horny at the tip; tail feathers twelve, only occasionally fourteen; headsmooth. Sub-Family Columbine. Tarsi stout, short, with transverse scutellae anteriorly; feathered for the basalthird above, but not at all behind; toes lengthened, the lateral decidedly longer thanthe tarsus; wings lengthened and pointed; size large; tail feath
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