C24 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS OF GRENADA. 



Family COLUMBID^. 



41. Columba corensis Gin. Ramier. 



S Length, 16 inches; expanse, 2G^ inches; wing, 8^ inches. 



This beautiful i)igeon is our finest game bird. Its flesh is considered 

 a great delicacy, and it is almost the only bird that is shot and brought 

 into the market for sale. It is strictly arboreal, and frequents the highest 

 mountain ridges. About the month of April it resorts to the vicinity of 

 the seacoast, and then to the islets, on which it nests. The nest is often 

 placed in a tuft of grass, and also on the outspreading branches of the 

 mangrove and sea-side grape ; it is usually composed of a few dry 

 sticks, hollowed in the middle by the weight of the bird ; the eggs are 

 two, pure white, and of the size of those of the domestic pigeon, though 

 somewhat more spherical in shape. 



42. Zenaida martinicaua Bp. Tourterelle. Seaside Dove. 



S Length, 11^ inches ; expanse, 18 inches ; wing, 6| inches. 



Very numerous all round tie island, though seldom found higher 

 than two miles from the sea ; frequents the mangrove trees, open past- 

 ures, the cliffs overhanging the sea, and the little islets ; feed on fallen 

 berries and seeds, pigeon peas, «&c.; makes its nest generally in a tuft 

 of grass, sometimes on the bare ground, and on ledges along the cliffs ;. 

 the eggs are two, pure white in color. 



43. Zenaida rubripes Lawr. Trinidad Ground Dove. 



It is with great pleasure that I now forward to you by book-post (reg- 

 istered) a skin of the Dove known locally as the " Trinidad Ground 

 Dove." This bird was shot on the eastern side of the island and sent 

 to me by a brother of mine who knew I was anxious to procure a spec- 

 imen of it. It is not a common bird. I have shot three or four of them 

 on a small island off the south coast called " Glover's Island," where I 

 believe they resort to during the nesting period, and I have also shot 

 one in Carriacou, but have never until this instance seen one taken on 

 the island proper. The present si)ecimen is a 9 , and I would have 

 been very glad to get a S also, as (writing from memory) I believe the 

 $ to have a gray head. However, I shall use every endeavor to pro- 

 cure one. I trust the skin will reach you safely and that you may be 

 able to identify it. The bird was much injured by shot and decomposed 

 when it reached me, hence the skin is not a very good one. 



[For the description of this species, see The Auk, vol. II, page 357. — 

 G. N. L.] 



44. Engyptila wellsi Lawr. (Auk, voL I, p. 180). Pea Dove. 



Dove sp ? 



A beautiful dove, new to me, about the size of Z. martinicana ; fre- 

 quents a place called Fontenoy, on the western side of the island. 



