BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 303 



[Columba] flavirostris Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 235, no. 9272.-Coues, Key 

 N Am Birds 1872, 225— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 187d, 

 132 part -ShIrpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 70, part.-FoRBES and Robinson, 

 Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, 1900, 132 (Valley of Mexico; "River St. John, Centr. 



C[oltmba]flavirostris Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxix, 1854, 1108 (Mexico; 



crit ") 

 Columba flavirostrisflavirostris Miller (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxi, 

 Nov 24, 1905, 344 (Escuinapa, etc., s. Sinaloa; crit.).— Phillips, Auk, 

 xxviii 1911 75 (Alta Mira and Rio de la Cruz, Tamaulipap). 

 ChUomnas] flavirostris Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxix, 1854, 1110 (crit.). 

 [Chloroenas]flavirostris Bonaparte, Consp. Av., ii, 1857, 52.-Heine and Reich- 

 enow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 277 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz). 

 Chlomnas flavirostris Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1856, 309 (Cordova, 

 Vera Cruz) -Salvin, Ibis, 1861, 355 (Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala).- 

 Schlegel Mus. Pays-Bas, iv, no. 35 (Columbae), 1873, 78 (Mexico). 

 Ch[loroenas] flavirostris Reichenbach, Volls. Naturg., Columbanae, i, 1861, 



61 (Mexico); ii, 1862, 171, pi. 2, fig. 20. 

 Columba erylhrina Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, March 27, 1880, 9, 195 

 (nomen nudum; ex Lichtenstein, manuscript; name used as substitute for 

 C flavirostris, rejected on account of inappropriateness); Nom. N. Am 

 Birds 1881, no. 457.-Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 540. 

 Clolumba] erythrina Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 565. _ 



Columba dorsalis Gray, List Spec, of Birds, Brit. Mus., partiii, 1844 9 (Mexico) 

 m) Columba solitaria McCall, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., lu, July, 1847, 233 

 (Matamoros to Camargo, Tamaulipas); Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, iv, 1847, 

 421 -Baird in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 333 (Matamoras).- 

 Bonaparte, Consp. Av., ii, 1857, 53 (descr.)-BAiRD, Brewer, and Ridg- 

 way Hist. N. Am. Birds, iii, 1874, 366, footnote. 

 ChUoroenas] inornata (not Columba inornata Vigors) Reichenbach, Volls. Naturg., 

 Columbariae, i, 1861, 62, part (Rio Grande, near Matamoros and Camargo, 

 Tamaulipas). 



CHLORffiNAS FLAVIROSTRIS MADRENSIS (Nelson). 



TRES MARIAS PIGEON. 



SimHar to C. f. flavirostris, but larger, general coloration lighter, 

 and distal greater wing-coverts much more broadly edged with white. 



Adult male.-hengih (skms), 337-357 (345); wing, 189-207 

 (200 4)- tail, 117-132.5 (127.1); cuhnen, 15-16.5 (15.7); tarsus, 

 26.5-27.5 (27); middle toe, 29-32 (30.6).^^ 



AduUfemale.-hength (skins), 334-385 (355); wmg, 19o-201 (198 , 

 tail, 119-127 (124); cuhnen, 16-16.5 (16.2); tarsus, 26-27 (26.7); 

 middletoe, 31.5-32 (31.7).^ . ni f 



Tres Marias Islands, western Mexico (Maria Madre Island; Cleola 



Island). 



Columba flavirostns (not of Wagler) Grayson, Proc. Best. Soc. N H., jiv, 1871, 

 275 (Tres Marias Islands, w. Mexico; habits) .-Lawrence, Mem. Best. Soc 

 N. H., ii, 1874, 304, part (Tres Marias; habits) .-Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 



Mus., xxi, 1893, 285, part (Tres M arias). 



a Five specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



