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pale huffy on posterior lower parts ; metallic gloss on neck less distinct, 

 the black ear-spot smaller and duller. Young : Much duller in color 

 than adult female, with the tints more brownish ; feathers of upper 

 parts, head, neck, and chest, with distinct paler tips or terminal margins ; 

 no metallic gloss on neck, or distinct black spot beneath ears. Length 

 11.00-13.00, wing 5.70-G.lO, tail 5.70-6.50, culmen .50-.55. JVest vari- 

 ously situated; Eggs 1.10 X -82. Ilab. Whole of temperate North Amer- 

 ica, north to Canada, southern Maine, etc., south to Panama and West 



Indies 316. Z. macroura (Linn,). Mournings Dove. 



b\ Lower tail-covcrts cinnamon-color. Young (adult unknown) : Much darker 

 in color than Z. macroura, the entire lower parts, including under tail- 

 coverts, uniform deep rusty cinnamon. Wing about 6.00, tail 4.80-5.00, 

 culmcn .80. Uab. Socorro Island, western Mexico. 



Z. graysoni Lawr. Socorro Dove.' 

 a'. Outer webs of secondaries broadly tipped with white. 



Adult male (female and young unknown) : Entire lower parts uniform deep 

 vinaceous, somewhat paler on lower tail-coverts. (Plumage exactly that 

 of paler-colored specimens of Zenaida amabilis.) Wing 6.00, tail 4.80. 

 Hab. Yucatan (Merida). 



Z. yucatanensis Lawr. Yucatan Dove.* 



Gents ZENAIDA Bonaparte. (Pago 210, pi. LXIII., fig. 3.) 



Species. 



Co.M.MON Characters. — Above olive-brown or russet, the tertials and adjacent 

 wing-coverts or scapulai's spotted with black ; head, neck, and breast cinnamon-color, 

 relieved by a spot or streak of blue-black beneath ear-coverts and reflections of 

 changeable metallic purple on sides of neck ; tail-feathers (except middle pair) 

 plumbeous or slaty, broadly tipped with a lighter shade of the same, and crossed by 

 a subterminal band of black ; outer webs of secondaries broadlj- tipped with white. 



«'. Under tail-coverts deep cinnamon; head and neck purplish cinnamon or deep 

 vinaceous; length 10.00-11.50, wing 6.00-6.25, tail 4.00-4.40. Eggs 1.22 X 

 .92. Hab. Florida Kej-s, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Eico, .Santa Cruz, 

 Sombrero, and coa^t of Yucatan.. 317. Z. zenaida (Bonap.). Zenaida Dove. 



«'. Under tail-covcrts whitish, usually slightly tinged with vinaceous or grayish ; 

 head and neck (especially the latter) cinnamon-rufous ; a little larger than 

 Z. zenaida. Hab. Lesser Antilles (St. Bartholomew, St. Vincent, Barbuda, 

 Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique. Grenada. St. Eustatius, etc.). 



Z. castanea (W.vgl.). Antillean Dove.' 



I Zcnaidura gray«oni Lawr., .\nn. Lye. X. Y. IPTt, 17. 



' Zennidura i/iicntnnentit Lawr., .\nn. Lj-c. X. Y. i.t. 1S69, 203. (Perhap? a hybril between Z. mnernnra 

 acJ Zenaida amabitU.) 



• Cnlumba enilaiKa AVacl., Syst. Av. lS2r, 2S9, Columba, Sp. 77. (Z. martinicana Bp. e( ArcT., but not 

 Co{uii>6a marlinica LlMN.) 



