Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 211 



The sexes are similar, the female being slightly paler. 

 Length, 13. 50; wing, 7.50; tail, 5.50; tarsus, i. 

 Habitat. Antilles. 



Columba caribaea Linn- 



Columba caribcea Linn. Sjst. Nat. I (1766). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. T, p. 773 

 (1788). — Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 603 (1790). — Temm. Hist. Gen. Pig- 

 eons, 450 (1813-15). — Shaw, Gen. Zool. XI, p. 37 (1819). — Sundev. 

 Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium 

 Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 

 359(1874). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1881). — 

 Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885). 



Columba caribbcsa Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, P- 39- 



Columba caribbea GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 291 (1S47). 



Patagivenas caribtvaBp. Consp. II, p. 54 (1854). — ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 80. 

 — Albkecht, J. f. O. 1S62, p. 204. — Reich. Handb. p. 65, tab. 230. — 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 234 (1870). 



Columba carribea March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 301. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and cheeks showing a faint olive, the rest of 

 the head a dull purplish tinge; chin dull white; featheis of the nape 

 and upper back showing golden greep reflections when held in the 

 light; rest of upper parts dull olive; breast showing a dull purplish 

 tinge; rest of underparts pale reddish brown; upper surface of tail 

 dark slaty brown, almost black, to within two inches of the tin, 

 which is very pale brown ; upper tail-coverts nearly covering the 

 dark brown of the basal portion ; under surface of tail dull white ; 

 primaries dark brown, narrowly edged with white on the outer 

 webs, showing brightest on the second, third, and fourth feathers. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 14; wing, 8.50; tail, 6; tarsus, .90. 

 Habitat. Jamaica and Porto Rico. 



Columba inornata Vig. 



Columba inornata Vig. Zool. Journ. 1S27, p. 446. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 173 (1840;. — Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, P- 39 — 

 Scl. p. Z. S. 1861, p. 80.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 

 p. 301. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. 

 BwR. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 360 (1S74).— A. & E. 

 Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (18S1). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San 

 Domingo, p 136 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1SS5). 



Columba rufina Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 296 (1847). 



Chlorocnas inornata Bp. Consp. II, p. 53 (1S54). — Cab. J. f O. 1856, p. 

 106. — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1S60). — 

 Sclater, p. Z. S. 1S61, p. So. — ALBRtcuT, J. f O. 1862, p. 204. — 



