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ZENAIDURA MACROURA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaus). 



MOURNING DOVE. 



Similar to Z. m. macroura, but decidedly larger; upper parts 

 averaging less brownish, the under parts paler (less deeply vinaceous), 

 especially posteriorly, the under tail-coverts often nearly white. 



Adult waZe.— Length (skins), 271-341 (321); wing, 138-153 

 (147.2); tail, 120-162.5 (142.3); exposed cuhnen, 13-15 (13.6); 

 tarsus, 19.5-22 (20.6); middle toe, 19-22.5 (20.5).« 



^(ZwZi /emaZg.— Length (skins), 225-297 (273); wing, 135-146 

 (139.6); tail, 96.5-137 (120.4); exposed culmen, 12-14 (13); tarsus, 

 19-21 (19.6); middle toe, 18.5-21 (19.7).^ 



Eastern North America, chiefly in Sonoran and Lower Transition 

 life-zones; breeding northward to New Brunswick (Hampton; 

 Milkish; Glenwood, St. Johns Valley; Frederickton), Nova Scotia, 

 southern Maine, Ontario (Hamilton; Point Pelee), Michigan (Mason 

 Crawford, Alcona, and Oscoda counties), Wisconsin, and eastern 

 Minnesota, westward to the edge of the Great Plains, and southward 

 to the Gulf coast and Bahamas (New Providence, Abaco, Andros, 



