Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 225 



birds were found nesting in the mangroves, rather low down. Mr. 

 Read says that it was nesting abundantly in the mangroves on Bird 

 Island in Siguanea Bay at the time of his visit, but Mr. Link failed to 

 find it there in 1912-13. This pigeon is far shyer than the other 

 kinds, with which it seldom associates, preferring as it does thicker 

 covert. It is very fond of the fruit of the " cocoa-plum " {Chryso- 

 halanus Icaco). 



72. Columba squamosa Bonnaterre. Scaly-naped Pigeon. 



Columba squamosa Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 197 (Nueva Gerona, 

 fide Palmer and Riley). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 13, and XXX, 1913, 

 131 (I. of Pines), 125, 127 (Santa Barbara; migr. ; local range). — Read, I. of 

 Pines News, VI, Feb. 21, 1914 (I. of Pines, local). 



(?) "El Bobo Pigeon" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 3 (Santa Barbara Mountain, 

 etc.). 



While this species is reported to be still rather common in Cuba, 

 it is now rare in the Isle of Pines, having been almost exterminated 

 in recent years. Indeed, Mr. Link failed to meet with it at all, nor 

 did Messrs. Palmer and Riley actually see any individuals, although 

 they heard a few. Mr. Read tells us that although it was formerly 

 abundant all over the island, it is now rare and local, being found 

 only at certain points on the west and south coasts. This scarcity 

 has been brought about solely by shooting for food and sport, which 

 bids fair to exterminate, sooner or later, all of the larger pigeons and 

 doves in the island, unless some means can be found to curtail the 

 practice before it is too late. 



73. Columba inornata proxima Todd, subsp. nov. Isle of Pines 

 Plain Pigeon. 



Columba inornata (not of Vigors) Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 (Nueva 

 Gerona, fide Gundlach). — Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 97 (I. of Pines, in 

 geog. distr.). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 196 (I. of Pines; 

 Poey's record). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 224, and XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. 

 of Pines); XXVII, 1910, 5, and XXVIII, 1911, 6, 10 (Nuevas River); XXVII, 



1910, 84 (McKinley to Nueva Gerona); XXVIII, 1911, 5 (McKinley; nesting), 

 7 (Canada Mountains, etc.), 114 (West McKinley). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 



1911, 44 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). — 

 Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 123 (Nuevas River), 127 (Santa Barbara), 130 

 (I. of Pines), 168 (Los Indies). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Feb. 21, 1914 (I. 

 of Pines). 



Chloroenas inornata Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 416 (I. of Pines). — Gund- 

 lach, Repert. Fis.-Nat. I. Cuba, I, 1866, 29 (Santa Fe). — Gundlach, An. See. 

 Esp. Hist. Nat. Madrid, II, 1873, 143 (Santa Fe). — Gundlach, Contr. Orn. 



