2. ZENAIDA. 383 



Adult male. Upper parts brown, slightly tinged with rufescent 

 on the upper tail-coverta ; head dull vinous, darker on the occiput ; 

 cheeks and throat rufescent; chin whitish ; two steel-blue spots, 

 one above and one below the ear-coverts ; breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts deep vinous ; sides, axillaries, under wing-coverts, 

 and sides of the rump grey ; some black spots on the innermost 

 upper wing-coverts, scapulars, and inner secondaries ; quills black, 

 primaries with narrow whitish edges ; a conspicuous white band 

 at the tip of the secondaries ; central tail-feathers brown, with an 

 obsolete dusky band about the apical third; lateral tail-feathers 

 grey, with a subapical black band ; the outer webs of the inner 

 lateral feathers parti y brown : " bill black, carmine-red near the 

 gape ; feet carmine-red ; iris dark brown " (Qundlach). Total length 

 about 11 inches, wing 6"3, tail 3-8, bill OG5, tarsus 1. 



Hab. Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, Isle of Pines, Jamaica, 

 Little and Grand Cayman ('?), Haiti and San Domingo, Mona, Porto 

 Rico, Tortola, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda, St. Croix, St. Eustatius, 

 Barbuda, and Antigua. 



According to Mr. Cory (in lift.), " specimens from the latter 

 localities (St. Eustatius, Barbuda, and Antigua) are apparently 

 intermediate in colour between Z. castanea ( = awita) and Z. 

 zenaida." 



Specimens from Virgin Gorda and St. Thomas are brighter than 

 the others. 



a,b. Ad.sk. San Cristobal, Cuba. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Monte Verde, Cuba, Nov. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



(C. Wright). 



d,e,f. Ad. st. et Jamaica. Gould Coll. 



juv. sk. 



g. Ad. st. Jamaica. J. Gosse, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. st. Jamaica. Purchased. 



i. Ad.sk. Jamaica ( TV. Osburn). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



A-. Ad. st. San Domingo. Salle Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. San Domingo. Purchased. 



m. Ad. sk. Porto Rico, W. Indies (R. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Swift), 



n, o. Ad. sk. St. Thomas, W. Indies. Purchased. 



p. Ad. sk. St. Thomas, W. Indies (JR. Smithsonian Institu- 



Swift). tion [P.]. 



q. c? ad. sk. Virgin Gorda, W. Indies, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec. (C. B. Con/). 



r. Skeleton. [N. America.] Salvin-GodmanColl.* 



* Zenaida bpadicba. 



Zenaida spadicea, Cory, Auk, iii. pp. 4'.is. ,"i()2 (18SG) (Grand Cayman), iv. 

 1>. 1 14 (1887) ; id. B. W. Lid. p. 215 (1889). 



"General upper plumage dark olive-brown, rufous brown on the forehead, 

 and showing a tinge of very dull purple on the crown, apparently wanting in 

 some specimens ; a snbutiricular spot of dark metallic blue; sides of the neck 

 and nape rich metallic purple ; chin pale bull', shading into rich rufous chest- 

 nut on the throat and breast; belly brown, showing a slight vinaceous tinge ; 



