Passenger Pigeon
“Ectopistes migratorius. Passenger Pigeon. Wild Pigeon Adult: Upper parts, including head all around, slaty-blue, bright and pure on head and rump, shaded with olivaceous-gray on the back and wings; the back and sides of the neck glittering with golden and violet iridescence, the wing-coverts with velvety-clack spots. Below, from the throat, light purplish-chestnut, paler behind and fading into white on the lower belly and crissum. Tibiae, sides of body, and lining of wings like upper parts. Quills blackish, with rufous-white edging. Two middle tail-feathers blackish; others fading from pearly-bluish into white, their extreme bases with black and chestnut spots. Bill black; feet lake red, drying and undefinable color; iris orange; skin about eye red.” Elliot Coues, 1884
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birds, extinct, Passenger pigeon, ornithology, North American birds, Ectopistes migratorius, Wild PigeonGalleries
Birds: PSource
Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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