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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Columbigallina passerina var. bahamensis Dubois, Synopsis Avium., ii, 1902, 764. 



Chxmepelia passerina bahamensis Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 391 (geog. 

 range), 416 (Blue Hills, New Providence I.; crit.); viii, 1913, 568 (monogr.). — 

 WoRTHiNGTON, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 450 (New Providence, Cat, 

 Watling, Andres, and Abaco islands). 



Columbigallina bermudiana Bangs and Bradlee, Auk, xviii, July, 1901, 250 

 (Hamilton, Bermuda; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.). — Verrill, Osprey, v, 1901, 

 174, in text (crit.). 



Columbigallina passerina var. bermudiana Dubois, Synopsis Avium, ii, 1902, 764. 



Columbigallina passerina bermudiana American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, xix, 1902, 318 (Bermudas). — Chapman, Color Key N. Am- 

 Birds, 1903, 126, 268 (descr.).— Bowditch, Am. Nat., xxxviii, 1904, 557 (Ber. 

 mudas; habits). — Reed, North Am. Birds' Eggs, 1904, 150 (nesting). 



Chamsepelia bermudiana Lowe, Ibis, Jan., 1908, 113 (crit., etc.). 



Chsumepelia passerina bermudiana American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 

 Auk, xxvi, July, 1909, 297 (crit.); Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 150.— Chapman, 

 Handb. Birds E. North Am., 1912, 285 (reprint of orig. descr.). 



CH-ffiMEPELIA PASSERINA EXIGUA (Riley). 

 INAGTJA GROUND DOVE. 



Similar to C. p. hahamensis but decidedly smaller, coloration still 

 paler, and bill always ( ?) wholly blackish. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 142-147 (144); wmg, 76-82 (78.6); 

 tail, 51-55 (52.5); exposed culmen, 10.5-11.5 (10.9); tarsus, 14.5- 

 15.5 (15).« 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 148; ^ wing, 77-83 (78.6); tail, 51- 

 58 (53.1); exposed cuhnen, 10-11 (10.7); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 (15).'= 



Islands of Inagua, southern Bahamas, and Mona, near Porto Rico. 



Columbigallina passerina (not Columba passerina Linnaeus) Cory, Cat. West 

 Ind. Birds, 1892, 97, part (Great Inagua I., Bahamas; Mona I., near Porto 

 Rico). — BowDiSH, Auk, xix, 1902, 361, part (Mona I.; nesting habits). 



Columbigallina passerina exigua Riley, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxix, no. 1418, 

 Sept. 30, 1905, 171 (Mona Island, near Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Chamsepelia exigua Lowe, Ibis, 1908, 114 (crit., etc.). 



Chxmepelia passerina exigua Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, Oct., 1911, 391, 

 392 (geog. range), 417 (Great Inagua I.; crit.); viii, 1913, 571 (monogr.). — 

 Worthington, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 403, 450 (Great Inagua). 



a Twelve specimens. 



b One specimen. 



c Nine specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



Seven adult males from Inagua Island. . . 

 Five adult males from Mona Island 



FEMALES. 



Five adult females from Inagua Island. . 

 Four adult females from Mona Island . . . 



Wing. 



79.6 



77.2 



Tail. 



53.7 

 51.6 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen, 



10.9 

 10.9 



10.5 

 10.9 



Tarsus. 



