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(29.) 310o. Meleagris gallopavo ellioti Senxett. Rio Grande Turkey.' 



Similar to JI. gallopavo, but lower back and rump uniforna black (showing 



steel-gray bars in certain lights), and tips of tail-feathers and longer coverts 



cinnamon or cinnamon-buff instead of chestnut. Mab. Lowlands of southern 



Texas and northeastern Mexico. 



(30.) Page 211, under Columba fasciata : 



312<7. Columba fasciata vioscae Brewster. Viosca's Pigeon.' 

 "Similar to C. fasciata, but with the tail-band wanting or onlj' faintly indi- 

 cated, the general color lighter and more uniform, the viuaceous tints, especially 

 on the head, neck, and breast, much fainter and more or less replaced by bluish 

 ash." Mab. Southern portions of Lower California. 



(31.) Pages 214, 215, COLUMBIGALLINA Boie. 



C. passerina varies a groat deal with locality, and some of its variations 

 seem suiBciently marked and constant to merit formal recognition. The follow- 

 ing forms occurring north of the parallel of 18° N. appear faii'lj^ well dcfiucd : 



6'. Larger, with bill yellow or red for at least basal half (rarely obscured in 

 dried skins), 

 c". Back and rumji grayish olive, or light grayish brown. 



d}. Much deeper colored, with rather shorter wings and much larger 

 bill, the latter always (?) yellow basally; wing 3.30-3.G0 (3.41), 

 exposed culmcn .43-.4S (.47), tarsus .62-.65 (.64). Uab. South 

 Atlantic and Gulf States. 



320. C. passerina terrestris Chapm.' Ground Dove. 

 (P. Much paler, with rather longer wings and much smaller or more 

 slender bill, the latter often (always in fully adult males?) red 

 basally; wing 3.30-3.60 (3.46), exposed culmen .42-.47 (.44), 

 tarsus .60-.66 (.62). Ilab. Southwestern United States (Texas 

 to Arizona and Lower California), and south through Mexico 



(both coasts) to Central America 320(7. C. passerina pal- 



lescens (B.mrp). Mexican Ground Dove.* 

 c'. Back and rump deep olive-brown. 



Plumage in general much deeper than in preceding forms ; wing 

 3.10-3 40 (3.28), exposed culmen .41-.44 (.42), tarsus .60-.63 (.62). 

 JIab. Socorro Island, western Mexico; Trcs Marias? 



C. passerina socorroensis RiDOW. Socorro Ground Dove.' 



• Melengru gallopnrn ellioti SE!r«KTT, Ank, ix. April, 1892, 167, pi. 3. 



• Columba /tueinta riotra Bhewst., Auk, T. Jan. 1838, 86. 



• Columbignlliun pn;crinn terrtftrit CH.\r«., Bull. Am. Mu9. Nat. Ilist. iv. 1892, 292. 

 « ChamitpeUn pntttrina var. pallttcent BAiRn, Pr. Phil. Ac. 1859, ."iOS. 



• Ifcw Eubspeeies; type, No. 50829, U. S. Nat. Mus., Socorro; A. J. Grajson. 



