BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



413 



Adult nmle.— Length, (skins), 167-171 (169); wing, 77-83 (80); 

 tail, 53-63 (57.5); exposed culmen, 10.5-12 (11.1); tarsus, 15-17 

 (16).*^ 



. Adult female.— Length, (skins), 155-166 (160); wing, 77-85 (80); 

 tail, 51-62 (56); exposed culmen, 11-12.5 (11.3); tarsus, 15-17.5 

 (15.7).^ 



Lesser Antilles north of St. Vincent (Santa Lucia; Martinique; 

 Dominica; Guadeloupe; Desirade; Antigua; Barbuda; St. Barthol- 

 omew; St. Christopher; St. Eustatius; Montserrat; Saba; Anguilla; 

 and easternmost Greater Antilles (St. Croix; Anegada; Virgin Gorda; 

 Tortola; St. John; St. Thomas; Culebra; Vieques; Porto Kico). 



Columba passerina (not of Linnoeus) Fahlberg, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya 

 HandL, vii, 1786, 253 (St. Bartholomew). — Temminck, in Temminck 

 and Knip, Pigeons, i, 1808-11, Colombi-gallines, 24, part, pis. 13, 14 

 (Porto Rico); Hist. Nat. Pig. et Gallin., i, 1813, 425, part (Porto Rico).— 

 Ledru, Voy. lies Tenerifte, Trinite, etc., ii, 1810, 39 (St. Thomas; St. Croix; 

 Porto Rico).— Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxvi, 1818, 401, part 

 (Martinique). — Desmarest, Diet. Sci. Nat., xl, .1826, 308, part (Porto 

 Rico). — Lesson, Compl. Buffon, Ois., viii, 1837, 12, part (Porto Rico). — 

 Bryant, Journ. fur Orn., 1866, 191 (Porto Rico); Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H., 

 X, 1866, 257 (Porto Rico).— Sundevall, (Efv. Kongl. Vet.-Ak. Forh., 1869 

 (1870), 586, part (St. Bartholomew), 601 (Porto Rico).— Gundlach, Journ. 

 fiir Orn., 1874, 308 (Porto Rico).— Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 

 450 (Guadeloupe). 



o Eighteen specimens. 



& Sixteen specimens. 



Locality. 



Two adult males from Dominica 



Two adult males from Santa Lucia . . 

 Two adult males from Guadeloupe. . . 



Two adult males from Antigua 



Two adult males from Barbuda 



One adult male from St. Christopher . 

 One adult male from St. Eustatius . . . 



One adult male from St. Johns 



Two adult males from St. Thomas . . . 

 Three adult males from Porto Rico. . . 



Two adult females from Dominica 



Two adult females from Santa Lucia. 



Two adult females from Antigua 



Two adult females from Barbuda 



One adult female from St. Eustatius . . 



One adult female from Anegada , 



Three adult females from St. Thomas. 

 Three adult females from Porto Rico . , 



Wmg. 



80 



"8.5 



81 



80 



77.5 



81 



80 



81 



81.5 



81.5 

 83.5 



78.5 

 79.5 



78.7 

 80.3 



Tarsus. 



16.5 

 16.5 

 15.7 

 (15. 5) 

 15.5 

 16 

 15 



15.5 

 15.5 

 16.5 



16 



17.2 



15.5 



15.7 



15 



16 



15 



15.3 



