Vol. XXVIII, pp. 177-178 November 29, 1915 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW PIGEON FROM JAMAICA. 



BY ROBERT RTDGWAY. 



[By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] 



In studying the pigeons of the genus Chloroenas for Part VII, 

 Bulletin 50, U. S. National Museum ("Birds of North and 

 Middle America"), the following new form was discovered 

 and is herewith described. 



Chloroenas inornata exigua subsp. nov. 



Type, adult male, U. S. National Museum, No. 236,735, Cumberland 

 Valley, Jamaica, February 27, 1866. Collected by W. T. March. 



Similar to C. i. inornata, but decidedly deeper in color, the back and 

 scapulars browner (approaching olive-brown), the head and neck deep 

 vinaceous-drab, the forehead between hays brown and vinaceous-brown, 

 the chest, breast, etc., between sorghum brown and vinaceous-brown. 

 Wing, 229; tail, 143; culmen, 19; tarsus, 29; middle toe, 36.5. 



Adult female very similar to the adult male of C. i. inornata, but fore- 

 head deeper colored (nearly concolor with rest of pileum). Wing, 222; 

 tail, 127; culmen, 19.5; tarsus, 29.5; middle toe, 37. 



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