Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 I 3 



the crown and occiput are dark brown ; the hind neck is of a rather 

 lighter brown ; the back, wings, and upper tail-coverts are of a dull 

 olivaceous green ; the first outer tail-feather is brownish-black, nar- 

 rowly tipped with white; the second is dark brown for two-thirds its 

 length, terminating in blackish; all the other tail-feathers are dark 

 umber brown above, and black underneath ; the chin is white ; the 

 neck in front and the upper part of the breast are of a reddish fawn 

 color ; the middle and lower parts of the breast and the abdomen 

 are creamy white; the sides are of a light fulvous color; the under 

 tail-coverts are white, tinged with fulvous; the quills have their 

 outer webs of a clear warm brown ; the inner webs and under wing- 

 coverts are of a rather light cinnamon color; the bill is black; the 

 tarsi and toes are bright carmine red. 



"Mr. Wells says the sexes are alike. 



"Length, 12.25 inches; wing, 6.00; tail, 4.00; bill, .63; tarsus, 

 1.25." (Lawr., 1. c, orig. discr.) 

 Habitat. Grenada. 



Engyptila collaris Cory. 



Engyftila collaris Cory, Auk, III, pp. 498, 502 (18S6). 



Sp. Char. — Forehead dull white ; top of the head dark, gray, showing a 

 metallic tinge of purple on the nape ; a cape of metallic purple 

 showing greenish red reflections where it joins the back; back dark 

 brownish olive; throat dull white; breast dull vinaceous, shading 

 into dull white on the belly; sides dull red brown; under wing- 

 coverts and under surface of wing rufous brown; primaries brown, 

 having the inner webs heavily marked with rufous brown ; tail slaty 

 brown, two or three outer feathers tipped with white; feet red ; bill 

 black ; iris dull white. 



Length, 9.50; wing, 5.75 ; tail 3.50; tarsus, 1.25 ; bill, .75. 

 Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



Genus Zenaidura Bonap. 



Zeyiaidura "Bonaparte, Consp. H, 1854, p. 84." 



Zenaidura macroura (Linn.). 



Columbn macroura Linn. S. N. ed. 10. p. 164 (175S), part. 



Columba carolinensis Linn. Syst. Nat. \, p. 286 (1766).— D'Orb. in La 



Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 176 (1840).— Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. 



Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto Rico). 

 Zenaidura carolinensis Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 235 (San Domingo). — 



Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 154 (iSSi) (Haiti); il>. Bds. 



Haiti & San Domingo, p. 129 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885). 

 Perissura carolinensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. H;st. VII, p. 307 (i860) 



