﻿BIRDS FROM WEST ENDIES 



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24. COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA Linnaeus 



Two adult and two immature females, Barbuda; one adult and one 

 immature male, one adult and one immature female, Antigua. 



The immature males and female are almost in full adult plumage, 

 except the top (^\ the head which is washed with brown. 



25. ZENAIDA ZENAIDA AURITA (Temminck) 

 Columba aurita Temminck, Pigeons, 1, fam. sec", 1808-11,60, pis. 25 (ad.), 

 25 bis (yg?). (Martinica.) 

 Three males and four females. Barbuda; four males and three 

 females, Antigua; one specimen without label. 



This series shows a remarkable variation without respect to sex or 

 locality. There are three types of coloration, as follows: (1) with 

 the belly and under tail-coverts whitish; (2) with the belly and 

 under tail-coverts vinaceous ; and (3) with the belly and lower tail- 

 coverts light gray. Some of the specimens with the belly and lower 

 tail-coverts vinaceous approach Zenaida senaida but are never quite 

 so dark. In fact they are intermediates, as already pointed out by 

 Mr. Cory (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., xxi, 1893, 383). Temminck's plate 

 of the adult shows the gray style of coloration. 



26. COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA TROCHILA Bonaparte 

 Ch[amcepelia] trochila Bonaparte, Consp. Av. 11, 1854, 77 (Martinica). 



Two males and four females, Barbuda; three males and five 

 females, Antigua. 



The ground doves of the West Indies are in great need of re- 

 vision. Almost every island or group of islands presents more or 

 less well-marked differences when compared. Antigua and Barbuda 

 specimens appear to have more rufous on the primaries with nar- 

 rower black edgings and to be slightly darker than specimens from 

 the other Lesser Antilles available for comparison ; the latter char- 

 acter is probably due to the freshness of the specimens. I have no 

 specimens from Martinique suitable for comparison and therefore 

 use Bonaparte's name provisionally for the form inhabiting the 

 Lesser Antilles. I give the average measurements of the series of 

 ground doves in the U. S. National Museum from the Lesser 

 Antilles for comparison. 



Average Measurements of: 



Three males from Antigua. 

 Five females from Antigua. 

 Three males from Barbuda. 



Wing 



82.5 



Si. 7 



78.3 



Tail 



57-3 

 59-4 

 58-5 



CULMEN 



I0.7 

 IO.6 

 IO.5 



