Twelve tail-feathers. Male with the upper part and sides of the head light blue; throat, fore neck, and breast, light brownish-red, sides and lower wing-coverts light blue, abdomen and lower tail-coverts white; upper parts greyish-blue; lower part of neck behind and along the sides changing to gold, emerald-green, and rich crimson; some of the wing-coverts with a black spot; quills and larger coverts blackish-brown; primaries edged with blue at the base, with reddish-white toward the end; middle tail-feathers bluish-black, the rest pale blue at the base, with a patch of red and a band of black on the inner web, white in the rest of their extent. Female with the tints much duller, the upper parts inclining to yellowish-brown, the dark spots on the wings more numerous, the lower parts pale greyish, anteriorly tinged with yellowish-brown. In a female examined, the anterior part of the tarsus has two rows of scales, while in a male that part is broadly scutellate. _Male_, 16-1/4, 25. _Female_, 15, 23. Wanders continually in search of food throughout all parts of North America. Wonderfully abundant at times in particular districts. Columba migratoria, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 285. Passenger Pigeon, Columba migratoria, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 102. Columba migratoria, Bonap. Syn. p. 120. Columba (Ectopistes) migratoria, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 363. Passenger Pigeon, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 629. Passenger Pigeon, Columba migratoria, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 319; v. v. p. 561. 289. 2. Ectopistes Carolinensis, Linn. Carolina Long-tailed-Dove. Plate XVII. Male and Female. Fourteen tail-feathers. Male with the crown of the head and hind part of the neck light blue; fore neck and breast light purplish-red, sides and lower wing-coverts light blue, abdomen and lower tail-coverts pale yellow; upper parts light yellowish-brown; lower part of neck behind and along the sides changing to gold and purplish-red; some of the wing-coverts with a black spot; quills and larger coverts greyish-brown, inclining to greyish-blue at the base, and very narrowly edged with whitish; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest blue at the base, bluish-white toward the end, with a black band intervening between the two colours. Female smaller, with the tints duller, the upper part of the head scarcely tinged with blue. _Male_, 12, 17. _Female_, 11, 15-1/2. Breeds from Texas to Massachusetts, and throughout the interior to the eastern bases of the Rocky Mountains, and again on the Columbia River. Common. Resident in all the Southern Districts. Columba carolinensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 286. Carolina Pigeon or Turtle-Dove, Columba carolinensis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 91. Columba carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 119. Carolina Pigeon or Turtle-Dove, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 626.