478 ICELAND OR J Kit FALCON.
out horny epithelium, bnt irregular^ rugous, „specially towardsthe pvlorus,
whiohhas three,knob*«* valves. The intestine^ 86* inches
long, 5 twelfths in diameter at its anterior
part, gradually contracting to 4 twelfths „ , M
The, rB&tam. <«3} inches long, i mbh' in • i y
diameter at the commencement; the. WÄ W
e®ea 2 twelfths long, q twelfth in: ffia- " JSIIK
meter; tile cloaca, Im, globular. The right ^WÍ^ff
l o b e of tlio liverifis „2 inehos.4 twelfths .IT S i '
long, the; .l|f6 2 inches: 1 twelfth; the MBk ,
gall-bladder large. ••. s^utti:: - ^¡ f i S ^ g i m
The crop or dilatation of the «ssöphagus
was nearly filled by two excrescences JBgHl j l»,
from its' inner surface, of a soft .¡spongy
texture, but not ulcerated, or in- any part ^ ^ ^ ^ H B L
"scirrhous. The inner surface of the'st.,- .: i W M B B u
mach was similarly affected^ but m ,a
much léssrdegfeé, and the
was indurated. Ü®»é^&it6stines- qtíite'
sound: . > f .....
The trachea, mno, is H inches long, «¡i»')
siderably flattened, twelfths m breadth
at the upper part, gradually diminishingto
'4 twelfths. Its rings','' tbälit '78 in
n&nber? aré Oífafied,, t h eW^ large, di-
Tided, arched; á£d with a broad memb
n u " ' ' intervening between ih«.m im(1 | H f f l H ^ f l U ^
the first bronchial ring The lateral or ' >
contractor muscles, p, a r e s t r m g < ag
are the steriiS-tracheal, qr, and t¿ére"i^í^1 §1 - ¿ Ä ^ J j H
singl# pair <%Hmférfor1 laryngeal muS -
•—iBS BSbetween 1 1 1 BBB o^titegi^us bronchi. The bronchial half rings 15, slfen^br and
479 *)!
B A N D - T A I L E D PIGEON.
('01. VilBA rASCI ATA, SAY.
1'I.ATK CCCI.XV1I. MALE AND FEMALE.
- IN the course of Colonel SAY'S expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
a single .sp®cimen of this large nud handsome Pigeon was procured.
This individual was afterwards figured in the continuation of WILSON' S
American OrnitlioKigy. Many specimens however have more recently
boon obtained by I)r TowxsKxn, from whom I have procured three
pairs of adult and some young birds'. Comparing them with the figure
above alluded to,-1 should consider it as having been taken from
a young male. In my. plate a » represented two adult birds, placed on
the branch of a superb species .if Dogwood, discovered by my learned
Mend;. THO.M AS N U T T A U , Esq., when on his march toward the shores
o'ft"the; Pacific Ocean, and «hic.li I have graced with his name ! The
beautiful drawing of this branch was executed by Miss MARTIN,
the amiable and accomplished sister of my friend Br BACHMAN. Seeds
of this hew speck« of Cornus were sent by me to Lord RAVENSWORTH,
and have germinated, so that this beautiful.produetion.of the rich valley
fethc Columbia River may now be socu in the vicinity of London,
and in the grounds of tho nobleman just mentioned, near Newcastleupon
Tyne. Dr TOWNSEND'S notice respecting tho bird here spoken of
is as fallows
" The Band-tailed Pigeon is called by the Chinook Indians ' akoigh
kominf It ranges from the eastern spurs of the Rocky 'Mountains
across to the Columbia River, where it is abundant. It arrived in 1836
in very great numbers, on the: 17th of April, and continued in large
flocks, while breeding. Their breeding places are on the banks of the
river. The eggs are placed'on the ground,, under small bushes, without
a nest, where numbers congregate together. The eggs are two,
of a yellowish white colour, inclining to bluish-white, with minute
spots at the great end. These Pigeons feed upon the berries of the
black elder and the buds of the balsam poplar. When sitting in the
trees, llicy huddle very close together in the manner of the Carolina