Mat S, 1922 Vol. VIII. pp. 29-30 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



THE NORTHERN FORM OF LEPTOTILA 

 FULVIVENTRIS LAWRENCE 



BY OUTRAM BANGS AND THOMAS EDWARD PENARD 



The name Leptotila brachyptera, given by Salvadori (Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, 1893, p. 545) to Sennett's dove, was 

 based on Peristera brachyptera G. R. Gray (List Birds Brit. 

 Mus., Columbae, 1856, — "Mexico," nomen nudum), the types 

 of which are in the British Museum. These types agree with 

 specimens from localities ranging from Tampico to Yucatan, 

 and not with birds within the range of the northern form. Thus 

 the name Leptotila brachyptera applies to the buff-bellied form, 

 and is a pure synonym of Leptotila fulviventris Lawrence (Ann. 

 N. Y. Acad. Sci., II, 1882, p. 287, — Yucatan). 



The northern bird, which differs decidedly from the south- 

 ern, should therefore have another name; and none being 

 available for it in the synonymy of this form, we propose to 

 call it 



Leptotila fulviventris angelica subsp. nov. 



Type, Museum of Comparative Zoology, no. 41,839, adult <? ; Browns- 

 ville, Texas, 16 March, 1889; collected by F. B. Armstrong. 



Subspecific characters. — Similar to Leptotila fulviventris fulviventris 

 Lawrence, but under parts less buffy, the under tail-coverts almost pure 

 white; forehead more grayish, less vinaceous; neck and chest less vinaceous. 



Measurements (in millimeters). — Type, adult male: wing, 1G0.0; tail, 

 105.0; tarsus, 29.0; culmen, 15.0. 



