. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 3 , riGEONS. GEN. 167, 168. 225 167. Genus COLUMBA Linnaeus. ^L \ Band-tailed Pigeon. Ashy-blue, tinged witli olive on the back; head, ueck and under parts purplish, whitening on the belly ; hind neek metallic golden, with a conspicuous white collar; tail with a dark bar, beyond this brownish-white ; bill and feet yellow, former l)lac
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. 3 , riGEONS. GEN. 167, 168. 225 167. Genus COLUMBA Linnaeus. ^L \ Band-tailed Pigeon. Ashy-blue, tinged witli olive on the back; head, ueck and under parts purplish, whitening on the belly ; hind neek metallic golden, with a conspicuous white collar; tail with a dark bar, beyond this brownish-white ; bill and feet yellow, former l)lack-tipped : $ and young less or not purplish, the nuchal band often ol)scure or wanting; 15 ; wing 8J ; tail 6^, nearly even ; tarsus 1, feathered above. Eocky Mountains to the Pacific, U. S. and southward ; common. Bonap., Am. Orn. i, 77, pi. 8 ; NuTT., i, 624 ; Aud., iv, 312, pi. 279 ; Bd., 597 ; Coop., 506. fasciata. Red-hilled Pigeon. Slaty-blue, olive on the back and scapulars ; head and neck all round, breast and wing-patch, chocolate-red; no nuchal iridescence; "bill, feet and eyes, purple ;" 14 ; wing 8 ; tail 5|. Mexico, to U. S. border ; Cape St. Lucas. Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1851, 116-; Bd., 598, pi. 61; Coop., 508 flavirostris. %k>^\ White-croivned Pigeon. Dark slaty-hlue, paler below ; crown pure white ; hind neck purplish-brown, lower down metallic golden, each feather black- edged; iris white ; l)ill and feet reddish, former blue-tipped ; 13|-; wing 7^ ; tail 5J ; $ similar. West Indies and Florida Keys. Bonap., Am. Orn. ii, 11, pi. 15; NuTT., i, 625; Aud., iv, 315, pi. 280; Bd., 599. leucocephala. 168. Genus ECTOPISTES Swainson, %"! 0 Wild Pigeon. Adult ^ dull blue with olivaceous tinge on back, below dull purplish-red whitening on vent and crissum; sides of neck golden and ruby ; some wing coverts black-spotted ; quills blackish, with slaty, whitish and rufous edging; middle tail feathers bluish-black, the others white or. aav" iSS! , s&qu
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