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nigro; plaga nuda oculari nigra; pedibus coccineis; iride brunnea. Long. tota circa 10°5, alee 6-1, 
caude 4:7, culm. 0°7, tarsi 0°75. (Descr. maris adulti ex 8. Miguel Molino. Mus. nostr.) 
@ ad. mari similis, sed paullo minor et magis brunnescens; pileo brunnescentiore vix canescente ; colli 
lateribus vix iridescentibus: subtus brunnescens; pectore, abdomine et subcaudalibus ochrascentibus. 
Long. tota circa 10-0, ale 5:3. (Descr. femine adults ex Azahar de Cartago, Costa Rica. Mus. nostr.) 
Juv. feminz adulte similis et omnino brunnescens, sed plumis fere omnibus anguste albido limbatis. 
Hab. Temperate Norta America, British Columbia, Canada, Maine 2°.—Mexico, 
Ysleta in Sonora (Lloyd ??), Huerachi (Robinette*®), Guaymas (Belding '*), 
Mazatlan (Grayson ©), Tres Marias Is. (Velson **), Nuevo Leon, Pesqueria Grande, 
Topo Chico, Hacienda de los Escobas, Hacienda de los Trevifios (Armstrong **), 
Aldama, Soto La Marina, Tampico, Plains of San Luis Potosi, Jerez, Bolafos, 
Zacoalco, Zapotlan, Aguas Calientes, Tehuantepec (Aichardson**), Guanajuato, 
Guadalajara (Dugés }2), Valley of Mexico (Herrera *°?"), Huehuetlan *4+, Huipulco, 
San Miguel Molino, Atotonilco (Ferrari-Perez?*), Jalapa (de Oca*), Cordova 
(Sallé*), La Parada 4, Talea®, Oaxaca® (Boucard), Villa Alta (Trajillo 2"), Gineta 
Mountains (Sumichrast'), Cozumel I. (Gawmer!); Guatemata, San Martin de 
Quezaltenango (Richardson ?*), Duefias (0. 8.772 & F. D.G.); Honpuras (Taylor §) ; 
Nicaraaua, Sucuya, on the west shores of Lake Nicaragua (Nutting 2°) ; Costa Rica, 
San José (v. Frantzius 3, Carmiol®, Calleja?*, Boucard'8, Cherrie 5), Trazu 
(Cooper ®), San Mateo, slopes of Irazu (Zeledon **), Alajuela, San Lucas, Azahar de 
Cartago, Bebedero to Miravalles (Underwood, in litt.); Panama, Divala (Brown ®?), 
Volcan de Chiriqui 2*, Calobre (Arcé !*).—AntILuEs °°, Cuba and Haiti 2. 
The Carolina Dove is found in the temperate area of North America, and breeds 
throughout this part of its range®°. In Mexico the species is widely distributed, 
but is most plentiful on the high central plains, and M. Boucard* even observed 
specimens at La Parada, at an elevation of 10,000 feet; it is probably resident in 
certain districts, but, although recorded in large numbers, we have at present no evidence 
of its nesting in that country. In the Tres Marias Islands * the bird ‘occurs on 
migration, and also in the Valley of Mexico °¢?’, arriving in October and November, 
and returning north in March. In Guatemala we found Z. carolinensis a resident and 
very abundant in the neighbourhood of Duefias, where it inhabited the open districts, 
usually congregating in flocks. At San José, Costa Rica 7%, it is found throughout the 
year, but here, again, there is no record of its nesting. 
Though seen in companies during the season of migration, this species does not 
congregate in such large flocks as the Passenger-Pigeon. The food consists of various 
seeds, grains, berries, acorns, &c., as well as insects and worms, the young birds being 
fed on the latter. The nest, which is not unfrequently placed in the vicinity of 
dwellings, is the usual slight structure of sticks, built at varying heights, from a few 
inches to fifty feet from the ground. The nests of other birds are often utilized, and 
this Pigeon has even been known to lay in a Woodpecker’s hole. The eggs are two in 
number, but three and four have been recorded, doubtless laid by two different birds. 
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