ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 33 

 ZENAIDA ZENAIDA ZENAIDA (Bonaparte) 



Zenaida Dove 



Columba zenaida Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 5, June 

 1825, p. 30 (Florida Keys). 



This is one of the commonest doves of Haiti through areas of 

 cultivated fields and arid scrubs, but does not penetrate into the rain 

 forests of the better-watered areas. In the north it was recorded at 

 Dessalines on March 25 and near Trou on March 26. Near Terrier 

 Rouge from March 27 to 30 it was fairly common, and on March 27 

 at the Morne des Mammelles we flushed one from a nest that con- 

 tained two fresh eggs. The nest was a broad platform of rather 

 large twigs having a slight central depression for the eggs, placed 

 on a level section of the inclined trunk of a twisted tree of large size, 

 and was located 4 meters from the ground. The two eggs, white 

 with a distinct gloss, measure 28.9 by 23 and 29.3 by 22.5 mm. 



One of these doves w^as seen on lie a Vache on April 30. 



On May 6 and 7 we found Zenaida doves common along the high- 

 way between Comendador and Azua, Dominican Republic. On 

 Beata Island from May 10 to 15 they were common, this period 

 being apparently the breeding season, as the display flight of the 

 males in which they scaled through the air with set wings in great 

 circles was seen daily. Their cooing song in tone is like that of the 

 mourning dove but is more sonorous and is given in a monotone with- 

 out the rising and falling cadences of the song of the latter species. 

 On several occasions we saw these doves fly out from Beata Island 

 toward the distant Dominican shore, and when collecting sea birds 

 on isolated rocks north of Beata we observed these doves passing on 

 several occasions, so that they appear to cross constantly between 

 the two islands. 



On May 19 and 20 in traveling from Barahona, Dominican Re- 

 public, to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, we saw Zenaida doves regularly 

 along the highway. A few were seen near Thomazeau, Haiti, on 

 May 22, and others near L'Arcahaie on May 23. 



ZENAIDURA MACROURA MACROURA (Linnaeus) 



West Indian Mourning Dove 



Columba macroura Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, pt. 1, 1758, p. 164 (Cuba)'. 



Tliis species, common in cultivated sections and in many arid 

 regions, was seen in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 23, 

 and was recorded at Dessalines on March 25 and at Trou on March 

 26. At Terrier Rouge they were very common in the sisal fields and 

 in adjacent areas, where they were calling constantly. At the 



' See Wetmore and Swales. U.S.Nat.Mus. Bull. 155, 1931, p. 171. 

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