32 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM [vol.82 



Order COLUMBIFORMES 

 Family COLUMBIDAE, Doves and Pigeons 



COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA Linnaeus 



White-crowned Pigeon 



Columha leucocephala Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164 (Bahama 

 Islands). 



At Deron, Haiti, on April 8, several white-crowned pigeons were 

 killed for the table. On lie a Vache from April 28 to 30 these birds 

 were common, being scattered through fields and pastures. On 

 Beata Island, Dominican Republic, from May 11 to 15, this pigeon 

 was abundant through the dry scrubs, being distributed both along 

 the coast and in the interior. The display flight of the male is quite 

 similar to that of the domestic pigeon, during its course the bird 

 flying with the extended wings moving in short strokes above the 

 level of the back. The birds were nesting on Beata. 



COLUMBA SQUAMOSA Bonnaterre 



Scaled Pigeon 



Columha squamosa Bonnaterre, Tableau Enc. M6th., vol. 1, 1792, p. 234 

 (Guadeloupe Island, West Indies). 



Throughout the forested areas, including the coffee plantations of 

 the western end of the Tiburon Peninsula, this large pigeon is so 

 abundant that it was recorded daUy from April 6 to April 25 in the 

 slow journey from Post Avance to the La Hotte Mountains and 

 return. On Pic de Macaya the birds ranged to the summit of the 

 mountain and were seen daily in flight past our camp at 1,275 meters 

 altitude. In the forests they rested in the upper branches of the 

 trees, where, as usual, they were difficult to see among the leaves until 

 they took flight. At Les Glaces on April 24 these pigeons were very 

 abundant, so that in a short walk late in the afternoon among the 

 low hills behind our camp we saw several hundred. The birds 

 crossed the sky constantly, and dead tree tops on the horizon often 

 had half a dozen resting in them while their cooing calls came from 

 every side. Though there was no hunting here the birds were very 

 wary. Several were recorded near Belladere on May 6. 



COLUMBA INORNATA INORNATA Vigors 



Plain Pigeon 



Columha inornata Vigors, Zool. Journ., vol. 3, Dec. 1827, p. 466 (near Havana, 

 Cuba). 



On May 7 we saw two plain pigeons at a waterhole in the desert 

 area between Azua and Boca del Baos, Dominican RepubUc. 



