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ored plumage was obtained. An adult female was taken at the 

 western end of Gonave Island March 21, and a male, prepared as a 

 skeleton, on Grande Cayemite on April 12. The species is here first 

 recorded for the last island mentioned. 



ZENAIDURA MACROURA MACROURA (Linnaeus) 



Cuban Mourning Dove 



Columha macroura Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164 (Cuba). 



An adult male was taken near Gibara, Cuba, on February 22. 

 Two eggs collected near the same point on February 24 are white 

 and have the following measurements : 2T.4 by 20.3 and 27.1 by 20 

 mm. In Haiti a male mourning dove was secured near Montet on 

 March 28. 



MELOPELIA ASIATICA ASIATICA (Linnaeus) 



Eastern White-winged Dove 

 Columha asiatica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 163 (Jamaica). 



A female was taken at Puerto de Tanamo, Cuba, on March 2. This 

 bird has the rump brownish like the back, instead of gray as in other 

 skins seen from Jamaica, Hispaiiiola, and Old Providence Island. It 

 is the only one from Cuba in the collections of the National Museum. 



Other skins were obtained on Petite Gonave Island on March 19 ; 

 ten miles southwest of Port au Prince on March 31 ; at Grand-Boucan 

 on April 9 ; and on Petite Cayemite on April 12. Birds were observed 

 near the western end of Gonave Island on March 21. Skeleton or 

 alcoholic specimens were obtained at Bug Island, opposite Corail, on 

 April 18, and at lie a Vache on May 3, two juvenile birds being 

 included from the latter locality. 



COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA INSULARIS Ridgway 



Cuban Ground Dove 



Columbigallina passerina insularis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 10, 1887, 

 p. 574 (Grand Cayman). 



Two males and one female were obtained near Gibara on Febru- 

 ary 21. On February 24 a set of two eggs was taken here, one of 

 them being broken. The other measures 21.9 by 16.4 mm. The size 

 of this egg is similar to that of specimens I have seen from Haiti. 



Four skins taken on Petite Cayemite Island on April 13 and 15, 

 and three obtained on lie a Vache on April 30, are similar to speci- 

 mens from the main island of Haiti. In addition to these, skeletons 

 or alcoholics were obtained at the western end of Gonave Island on 

 March 21, and at Grand-Boucan on April 9, with others from Gibara, 

 Petite Cayemite, and lie a Vache. 



