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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



culmen, 13-17 (14.8); tarsus, 24-27 (25.4); middle toe, 19.5-24.5 

 (22.4)." 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male and not always distinguish- 

 able, but usually (?) with the subauricular spot or streak smaller; 

 length (skins), 232-298 (266); wing, 136.5-159 (148.1); tail, 81.5- 

 99 (90.7); exposed culmen, 13-15.5 (14.2); tarsus, 23.5-27 (25.1); 

 middle toe, 19.5-23.5 (21.8).^ 



Young. — Coloration decidedly duller than in adults ; brown of head, 

 chest, etc., much less vinaceous; brown of upper parts lighter, the 

 wing-coverts, scapulars, and proximal secondaries narrowly and 

 indistinctly margined terminally with paler, and black spots on wings 

 less sharply defined and without white posterior margin. 



Lesser Antilles (AnguiUa; St. Bartholomew; Saba; St. Eustatius; 

 St. Christopher; Barbuda; Antigua; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Domin- 

 ica; Martinique; Santa Lucia; St. Vincent; Balliceaux Island, near St. 

 Vincent; Bequia; Canonan; Union Island; Mustique; Carriacou; 

 Grenada; Barbados); St. Croix and Virgin Gorda, eastern Greater 

 Antilles, 



{Columha martinicana] Var. p. Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1789, 781 (based on 

 Columba martinicana Brisson, Orn.,i, 103, no. 14; Pigeon roicx de Cayenne 

 Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., ii, 526; PI. Enl., no. 141). — Latham, Index Orn., il, 

 1790, 595. 



o Twenty-seven specimens 



b Twenty specimens. 



Locality. 



MALES. 



One adult male from Saba 



Two adult males from St. Eustatius. , 

 One adult male from St. Christopher. 



Three adult males from Barbuda 



Six adult males from Antigua 



Six adult males from Dominica 



One adult male from Martinique 



Three adult males from Santa Lucia. 



One adult male from Bequia 



Two adult males from Grenada 



One adult male from Barbados 



FEMALES. 



One adult female from Virgin Gorda. 

 Four adult females from Barbuda . . . 



Four adult females from Antigua 



One adult female from Guadeloupe. . 

 Four adult females from Dominica. . . 

 One adult female from Santa Lucia. . 

 One adult female from St. Vincent . . 



Two adult females from Grenada 



Two adult females from Barbados . . . 



Wing. 



154 



145.5 



165.5 



156.3 



151.1 



151.7 



145 



158.7 



146 



154 



142 



147.6 



152 



142 



152.5 



150 



145 



143. 2 



141 



Tail. 



96 

 93 

 111 

 95.3 

 94.1 

 94 



88.5 

 98.7 

 96 

 94.7 

 93 



89.9 



90.5 



90 



95.7 



92.5 



88.5 



86.2 



S8.2 



Ex- 

 posed 

 cul- 



16 



14 



14 



14.8 



14.2 



14.9 



15 



16 



15 



14.7 



15.5 



13 



14.4 



14.1 



13.5 



14.5 



14.5 

 14.2 

 14.5 



Tarsus, 



26.5 



24.7 



25.5 



26.7 



25.7 



25 



24 



24.8 



27 



25 



24.5 



23.5 



24.4 



25.9 



24 



26.5 



24 



25 



25.2 



24.2 



Middle 

 toe. 



24.5 



23.5 



24 



22.7 



22.2 



21.7 



21.5 



22.3 



24 



23.2 



21 



2L5 

 20.7 

 22.1 

 22.5 

 22.7 

 20.5 

 21.5 

 22.5 

 2L5 



