Plate CCCLXVII. Male and Female.
Wings long, the second quill longest, the first with the outer web
narrower at the base than beyond the middle; tail of moderate length,
rounded. Head, fore neck, and breast, light reddish-purple, that
colour fading on the abdomen and lower tail-coverts into whitish; a
narrow half-ring of white on the hind neck, the lower part of which is
of a metallic greenish-brown tint; upper parts greyish-blue, tinted
with brown; rump and sides of the body blue; quills brownish-black,
very narrowly margined with brownish-white; tail greyish-blue at the
base, much paler, and tinged with yellow toward the end, these colours
being separated at the distance of two inches from the tip by a band
of black. Female with the black band on the tail less decided, the
middle feathers being but slightly marked with it.
_Male_, 16, wing, 9. _Female_, 15-1/2.
From the eastern spurs of the Rocky Mountains, and across them to the
Columbia River. Common. Migratory.
Columba fasciata. Say, Long's Exped. v. ii. p. 10.
Columba fasciata, Bonap. Syn. p. 119.
Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i.
p. 77.
Band-tailed Pigeon, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 624.
Band-tailed Pigeon, Columba fasciata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv.
p. 479.