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the south shore; but 1 am inclined to think, with all deference to the 

 authority given, that these must have been escaped "Blue Eocks"froin 

 dove-cotes in the islands. 



Subfamily ZENAIDI:N"^. 



Genus Zenaidura, Bp. 



89. Zenaidura carolinensis, (Linn.) Bp. Carolina Dove. 



Columba carolinetisia, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 



Ectopistes carolinensis, Rich., Bp., Aud., Heerm. 



Zenaidura carolincnsifi, Bp., Bd., Scl., Coop. & Luck., Hayd., Coues, Dress., 



Allen, Lawr., Coop. 

 Perissura carolinensis, Cah. 

 Peristera carolinensis, Schl. 

 Columba martjinata, Liuu., Gm., Wag. 

 Ectopistes marginata, Gray. 

 Zenaidura margincUus, Bp. 



Length, 12.85; wing, 5.75; tail, 6.70. 

 . Hab. — United States, from Atlantic to Pacific ; Canada West; Cuba; 

 south to Panama (Coues). 



Specimens are recorded in The Naturalist in Bermuda. One was shot 

 b^' Captain Harvey on March 20, 1850, and another was taken alive 

 at Spanish Point on October 30, 1854 . I saw one at the Sand Hills on 

 November 5, 1874. A small flock frequented the fields near Whale Bay 

 all through the winter of 1874-'5, and specimens were obtained, one by 

 Lieutenant Hussey, Royal Engineer, on February 11, 1875. I hear from 

 Lieutenant Denison that two were seen as late as June 20, 1875. Can 

 they have remained to breed ! These pretty birds are fond of associat- 

 ing with the next species, feeding with them on the newly-turned fields, 

 conspicuous, when the flock is disturbed, by their larger size and 

 long tails. Their flight is very strong and rapid. 



Genus Cham^pelia, Sw. 



90. Chamoepelia passerma, (Linn.) Sw. Ground Dove. 



Columba passcriua, Liun., Lath., Wils., Wag., Aud., Lund. 



Columba (Goura) passerina, Bp., Nutt. 



Chamoepelia passerina, Sw. 



Chamoepelia passerina, Bp., Gosae, Bd., Scl., Cab., Lawr., Coop, 



Chamoepelia granatina, Bp. 



Chamcepelia albivita, Bp. 



Length, 6.30; wing, 3.50; tail, 2.80. 



ITab. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts ; accidental near Washington ; 

 Lower California, West Intlies, New Granada, Venezuela, Bermuda 

 (Baird). 



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