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Similar to C i. inornata but coloration slightly deeper, the forehead 

 nearly, if not quite, concolor with rest of pileum, and white edgings to 

 distal wing-coverts averaging broader; similar also to C i. exiqua but 

 coloration less deep. Measurements of type. — Wing, 216.5 ; tail, 131 ; 

 culmen, 17 ; tarsus, 27.5 ; middle toe, 36 mm. 



Zenaidura macroura tresmariae subsp. nov. 



Type, adult c?, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 150,700, Marie Madre Island, 

 Tres Marias group. May 5, 1897. Collected by Nelson and Goldman. 



Similar to Z. m. carolinensis , but adult male with forehead, anterior 

 and lateral portions of crown, and supra-auricular region (sides of occi- 

 put) bright fawn color, approaching sayal brown, conspicuously deeper 

 than color of chest ; chin buflfy white, abruptly contrasted with adjacent 

 light vinaceous-fawn color, and with back and distal wing-coverts darker. 

 Measurements of type. — Wing, 144; tail, 126; culmen, 14; tarsus, 19.5; 

 middle toe, 20.5 mm. 



Zenaida ruficauda robinsoni subsp. nov. 



Type, adult c?, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 236,767, Honda, Colombia, July 

 14, 1892. Collected by Lieut. Wirt Robinson, U. S. A. 



Similar to Z. r. vinaceo-rufa but coloration deeper, more brownish 

 above, more vinaceous below. Measurements of type. — Wing, 137.5 ; 

 tail, 86.5 ; culmen, 15.5 ; tarsus, 21 ; middle toe, 21 mm. 



Melopelia asiatica mearnsi subsp. nov. 



Type, adult d^, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 121,177, five miles north of 

 Nogales, Arizona, June 2, 1891. Collected by P. L. Jouy (orig. No. 

 1187). 



Similar to 31. a. asiatica but averaging decidedly larger, and coloration 

 paler and grayer, the foreneck and chest light drab to hair brown instead 

 of fawn color, the back, etc., hair brown to deep drab. Measurements 

 of type. — Wing, 166.5; tail, 112; culmen, 23; tarsus, 25; middle toe, 

 27 mm. 



Leptotila verreauxi nuttingi subsp. nov. 



Type, adult d^, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 91,130, Ometepe, Nicaragua, 

 March 7, 1883. Collected by C. C. Nutting. 



Similar to L. v. verreauxi but with much less of vinaceous-russet (or 

 cacao brown) on inner webs of remiges, this color forming merely a broad 

 edging, at the widest part not more than one-fourth the width of the 

 web ; upper parts browner (but much lighter brown than in L. v. riottei). 

 Measurements of type. — Wing, 141; tail, 107; culmen, 15; tarsus, 30.5; 

 middle toe, 24.5 mm. 



