Z. ZEHAIDA. 



379 



metallic coppery red ; a black spot below the ear-coverts ; the inner 

 upper wing-coverts, some of the scapulars and inner secondaries 

 with black spots ; occiput dark grey ; forehead, sides of the head, 

 throat, and lower parts rufous cinnamon ; sides, axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts grey ; quills brown ; two central tail-feathers 

 brown, the lateral ones grey, with the basal portion of the outer 

 web brown, the outer one has also the outer web grey ; all the 

 lateral feathers have the apical portion grey and an irregular black 

 band between it and the basal portion : " bill black ; iris, feet, and 

 legs red" (0. H. Toivnsend). Total length about 11 inches, wing 

 5-8, tail 4-8, bill f>65, tarsus 1 05. 

 Hub. Socorro Islands. 



2. ZENAIDA. 



Type. 



Zenaida, Bp. Comp, List, p. 41 ( 1838) Z. amabilis. 



Stenurcena (subgen.), Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 20 (1862) . . Z. stenura. 



l'latyptereena (subgen.), Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 20 (1802). Z. pentheria 



( = ruticauda ?). 



Range. From Yucatan, and from Florida Keys through the 

 Antilles, to South America, as far as Chili. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Secondaries conspicuously tipped with white, 

 forming a terminal band. 

 a'. Abdomen pale vinous, changing into white 

 on the lower part and on the under tail- 



coverts aurita, p. 380. 



b'. Abdomen and under tail-coverts dark vinous. 



a". Upper parts chocolate-brown amabilis, p. 382. 



b" . Upper parts Lighter ami paler, olive- 

 brown yucatanen&is, p. 384. 



A. Secondaries with no white band at the tip. 

 e'. Terminal portion of the outer tail-feathers 



white auriculata, p. 384. 



(I . Terminal portion of the lateral tail-feathers 

 more or less rufous. 

 <•". Terminal portion of the lateral tail- 

 feathers decidedly rufous. 

 a'". Larger: wing 6 - 8 inches: abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts cinnamon, with 



no vinous tinge ruficauda, p. 38". 



b'" . Smaller: wing 5*4 inches; all the 

 lower parts rufous, with a distinct 



vinous tinge vinaceo-rtifa, p. 389. 



<i". Terminal portion of the lateral tail- 

 feathers pale vinaceous, fading into 

 almost white on outer feather jessiets*, p. 389. 



Blue Partridge, << /:. •/.<///. i>. 324 (1847) 



Zenaida ? plumb b, G - •. TUustr, /•'. Jam. pL 85 | L849) - Hi h,t h , >>«. Av. 



