2. ZKNAIDA. 381 



Compt. lionl. xliii. pp. 946, 949 (1856) ; G. JR. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 



p. 241, n. 9851 (1870) (Rarbadoes). 

 Colmuba (Zenaida) martinicana, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.- Ah. Fork. 



1869, p. 585 (St. Bartholomew). 

 ChamsBpelia martinicana, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 634 (1872) (syn. 



emend. ?). 

 Zenaida castanea, Ridaw. Man. N. Am. Birds, p. 213 (1887). 

 ? Zenaida amabilis. Feild. (nee Bp.), Ibis, 1889, p. 477 (Barbadoes). 



Adult male. Upper parts brown ; head vinous rufous, dusky on the 

 occiput ; on the sides of the lower part of the hind neck two patches 

 of metallic amethyst, almost joining in the middle ; chin and middle 

 of the throat white ; sides of the head and lower throat rufous 

 cinnamon ; two steel-blue spots on the sides of the head, a small 

 one behind the eyes, above the ear-coverts, and a larger one below 

 them ; breast bright vinous ; middle of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white, with a slight vinous maik ; flanks, axillaries, 

 and under wing-coverts light grey ; quills black, the primaries with 

 narrow whitish edges ; a conspicuous white band at the tip of the 

 secondaries ; inner upper wing-coverts, some of the scapularies, and 

 the inner secondaries with black spots, some of them edged with 

 white ; two central tail-feathers brown, with an almost obsolete dusky 

 band towards the apical part ; a distinct black band runs through 

 the lateral tail-feathers, which have a broad apical light band, white 

 on the outer ones, changing into grey on the inner ones ; the outer 

 feather has the base white on the outer web, grey on the inner one ; 

 the next pair have the base entirely grey, and the remainder have 

 the base brown on the outer web, grey on the inner one ; tail 

 below grey at the base, black about the middle, white-grey at the 

 apical part: bill black; '-legs and feet bright red" (Taylor). 

 Total length about 11 iuches, wing 6-6, tail 4-5, bill 0-62, tarsus 

 1-05. 



Female. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller, and with 

 the metallic amethystine patches on the sides of the hind neck less 

 extended. 



Young. Duller, no metallic patches on the neck ; the upper wing- 

 coverts with lighter edges. 



Hab. Lesser Antilles, and also St. Croix (Cory, in litt.). 



a. $ ad. sk. Anguilla Isl. W. R. Elliot [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Montserrat, W. Indies Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Sturge). 

 e, d. <S ad. sk. Dominica, W. Indies. G. A. Rainage, Esq. 



. [0.]. 



Sir R. Sehomburgk 



[P.]. (Type of Z. 



bimacidata, G. R. Gr.) 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



J. Rocke, Esq. [P.]. 

 Zoological Society's 

 Coll. 



