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Plumbea; cervice postica nitide nea, plumis omnibus nigro limbatis; nucha purpureo-nigra; capite summo 
niveo: subtus paulo pallidior: rostro nigricante, apice flavo; pedibus carneis. Long. tota circa 12:5, 
ale 7°5, caude 4:8, rostri a rictu 1°15, tarsi 1-2. 
2. Fuscescentior ; cervice postica nitide lutescente, plumis sicut in mari marginatis ; capite summo fusco 
lavato: subtus plumbeo-fusca, abdomine pallidiore. (Descr. maris et feminze ex Glover’s Reef, British 
Honduras. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Norra America, Florida Cays ®.—Mzextico, Cozumel I. off the coast of Yucatan 
(Gaumer ° 1°); British Honpuras, small islands off the coast (Leyland 5), Turneff, 
Glover's Reef, Half-Moon Cay, Middle Cay (0. 8.678); Honpuras, Ruatan I. 
(Gaumer }°).—GreateR ANTILLES!; Banama Is.1!; Virein Is. anp Sr. Barruo- 
LOMEW 16; Swan I. 14. 
The White-crowned Pigeon breeds on the Florida Cays, arriving early in May and 
leaving in November; it also nests in the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles, and 
probably on the islands off the coast of Honduras. Leyland observed a flock of these 
birds between Omoa and Belize, flying from island to island, but he did not notice 
them on the mainland*. Salvin also found many on the cays of British Honduras §7 8, 
This Pigeon frequents the woods, and is common in the high trees surrounding the 
cenotes or water-holes 9. 
The species breeds in communities, and Audubon believed that several broods were 
reared every year. The nest is usually placed on cactus-bushes, or on the mangroves 
close to the water; but occasionally they are high up in the trees and are lined with roots 
and grass. The eggs, two in number, are more glossy than those of most Pigeons 1°. 
2. Columba speciosa. 
Pigeon ramier de Cayenne, d’Aub. Pl. Enl. 2137. 
Columba speciosa, Gm. Syst. Nat.i. p. 783°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 222°; Salv. P. Z. 8. 
1870, p. 217*; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 281°; Richmond, Pr. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. xvi. p. 523°; Bangs, Pr. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii. p. 237. 
Chlorenas speciosa, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309°. 
Lepidenas speciosa, Moore, P. Z. 8S. 1859, p.61°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 301°; Sumichrast, 
La Nat. v. p. 231”. 
Supra castanea, capite summo obscuriore; dorsi antici plumis singulis macula triangulari subterminali rufa 
et margine lato zeneo ornatis, omnibus rosaceo micantibus; plumis cervicis posticl eodem modo maculis 
albis notatis ; gastrei plumis undique late marginatis, iis cervicis antic et pectoris maculis albidis sub- 
terminalibus ornatis, omnibus rosaceo suffusis ; abdomine rufescenti-albido, tectricibus subcaudalibus fere 
albis ; alis rufescenti-fuscis; cauda nigricante: rostro miniato; pedibus griseo-carneis; iride brunnea. 
Long. tota circa 12:0, alee 7-3, caudee 4°7, rostri a rictu 1:1, tarsi 1-0. (Deser. maris ex Sakluk, Peten, 
Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
® mari similis, sed brunnea, coloribus cervicis et’ pectoris minus nitidis, interscapulio alis concolore minime 
castaneo distinguenda. (Descr. femine ex Tizimin, Yucatan. Mus, nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Mus. Brit.®), Cordova (Sallé§), San Lorenzo (Ierrari-Perez*), 
Potrero (Sumichrast “), Tizimin in N. Yucatan (Gaumer®); Guatemana, Saklak 
(O. S.°), Lake Peten (Leyland? °); Nicaragua, La Libertad (Richardson 5), Rio 
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