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68. Chaemepeliapasserinaaflavida (Palmer & Riley). Cuban Ground 

 Dove. 



Columba passerina (not of Linnaeus) Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 

 (Nueva Gerona, ^de Gundlach). 



Columhigallina passerina Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 97 (I. of Pines, in geog. 

 distr.). 



ColumbigalUna passerina aflavida Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 197 

 (Cayo Bonito, EI Hospital, Jucaro, and San Juan). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 

 1911, II (I. of Pines). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Feb. 21, 1914 (I. of Pines; 

 nesting). 



"Ground Dove" Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 57, 58, 75 (I. of Pines). 



"Cuban Ground Dove" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 5 (Nuevas River), 84 

 (McKinley to Nueva Gerona); XXVIII, 191 1, 3 (McRinley and Santa Barbara 

 Mountain, etc.), 5 (McKinley; nesting), 6 (Nuevas River), 7 (Cafiada Mountains, 

 etc.), 113 (West McKinley), 146 (Bibijagua); XXX, 1913, 123 (Nuevas Riv-er), 

 125, 127 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines), 168 (Los Indios). 



"West Indian Ground Dove" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 42 (I. of Pines; 

 nesting). 



ChcBtnepelia passerina aflavida Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 1911, 44 (McKinley); 

 XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). — Todd, Ann. Carnegie 

 Mus., VIII, 1913, 561 (I. of Pines; references), 599 (Jucaro, El Hospital, San 

 Juan, Cayo Bonito, and "Nueva Gerona, etc."). 



Twenty-three specimens: Bibijagua, Los Indios, and Xueva Gerona. 



Several of Mr. Read's records above quoted are additional to those 

 given by the writer under the head of this form in his late review of the 

 present genus (Annals Carnegie Museum, VIII, 1913, 561-562), 

 while other references have been corrected. These were among the 

 few that were not personally verified at the time. 



A very common species everywhere, except, of course, in marshy 

 country, and in dense woodland. At Caleta Grande, on the south 

 coast, it was the only species of the family observed. It is very tame, 

 not being subject to persecution as are the larger pigeons and doves, 

 nor does it appear to go in flocks as do the latter. Mr. Link found 

 two nests early in May containing eggs almost ready to hatch, while 

 Mr. Read has recorded fresh eggs as early as January 20, and doubtless 

 the species breeds here almost every month of the year, as elsewhere 

 throughout its general range. Young in juvenal dress were taken in 

 July, December, and February. 



69. Zenaida zenaida zenaida (Bonaparte). Zenaida Dove. 

 Columba zenaida Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 (Nueva Gerona, fide 



Gundlach). 

 Zenaida zenaida Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 97 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 

 — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 11 (I. of Pines). 



