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NESOPELIA GALAPAGOENSIS GALAPAGOENSIS (Gould) 



Galapagos dove 



Zenaida Oalapagoensis Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, vol. 3, Birds, 1841, p. 115, 

 pi. 4G. (Galapagos Archipelago.) 



Two specimens, an adult and an immature female, were taken at 

 Tower Island June 14, 1929. 



This dove was common or even abundant on most of the islands 

 we visited. It was scarce on Chatham Island, and was not seen on 

 Charles Island, its absence or scarcity at these points probably being 

 due to cats or mongrel dogs, accompaniments of civilization that are 

 potent factors in the extermination of desirable wild life. 



The doves are very tame and are sure to congregate about an 

 observer who is seated on the ground. Once when the senior author 

 was reclining in the shade of a shrub, a dove alighted on his ele- 

 vated knee, walked along his leg, and then mounted to the toe of his 

 shoe, where it rested and preened itself. 



PTILINOPUS DUPETITHOUARSII DUPETITHOUARSII (Neboux) 



Marquesan dove 



Columla Du Petithotiarsii Neboxjx, Rev. Zool., 1840, p. 289. (Christina 

 Islaud=Tahuata, Marquesas Islands.*'') 



Five skins of this dove were secured on Fatuhiva in the Marquesas 

 September 14 and 17, 1929. 



This dove, the native name of which is " cook-koo," was common at 

 Fatuhiva and often was seen flying high in air. Practically all the 

 specimens secured were taken from banyan trees, where the birds 

 were feeding on the berries among the top branches. In such a place 

 they were rather difficult to see, for after alighting they remained 

 motionless except when they reached for an occasional berry and in 

 so doing disturbed a leaf. 



PTILINOPUS DUPETITHOUARSII VIRIDIOR (Murphy) 



Nukuhiva dove 



Ptilopus dupetithouarsi viridior Murphy, Araer. Mus. Nov., No. 115, May 29, 

 1924, p. 4. (Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands.) 



Two of these doves were obtained on Uahuka September 21, and 

 one on Nukuhiva September 26. This race is well marked, differing 

 from typical P. d. dupetithouarsii as indicated in the original de- 

 scription, in being distinctly greener, with a narrower, less obvious 

 orange border at the sides of the pileum. 



At the time we were in the region, the banyan tree seemed to be 

 the most important source of food of this dove, as it was with the 

 race at Fatuhiva. 



s^ See Murphy, R. C, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 115, May 29, 1924, p. 3. 



