BIRDS—COLUMBIDAE—OREOPELEIA MARTINICA. 607 
brownish ash, more anteriorly by white. The forehead feathers have the darker margins as 
well as the rest of the head.. There is also a more ashy tinge on the back. The under tail 
coverts are brown, conspicuously margined with whitish. 
I am unable to detect any material difference between specimens from Florida, the lower Rio 
Grande, and Lower California. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. Sex. Locality. When collected.) Whence obtained. Orig. | Collected by— | Length. Stretch |} Wing. 
No. No. | of wings. 
1191 | Q | Washington, D. C- --| Sept. —, 1844 | S. F. Baird.-_--- feo Ja CaMcGpites | Sao e coe |saslo eee Sees 
3045'|....| Liberty county, Ga.-.| 1846.........|..---- does tes | Meera | W. L. Jones-..-| 6.50 | 10.20 | 3.50 
8660 | Q | Cape Florida-.-.--.-. Oct. 30, 1857 | G. Wurdemann..|------ Jnnen-----2----5- 6.50 | 10.50| 3.50 
8661 |..--| Indian Key, Fla_.-.- Auvipe285 185i) | fee == 3 (Oy ASS S55 5SooSEs [serene ene e nee: 6. 00 11.00 | 3.50 
4921 |....| Amelia island, Fla_--|--------------|-- eds ok | ea aod ie Re ee aloo ee 
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OREOPELEIA, Reichenbach. 
Oreopeleia, RercHensacu, Handbuch der Specicllen Ornithol. I, 1, 1851, page xxiv. Type Columba martinica, L. 
Cu.—Bill lengthened, slender; culmen half the rest of the head from the frontal feathers. Feet large, stout; tarsi longer 
than the middle toe and claw, covered anteriorly by transverse scutellae. Inner lateral claw longer than outer; reaching 
beyond the base of the middle one, the outer falling short of it- Hind toe and claw more than half the middle do. Quills and 
tail feathers very broad; the wings rounded; second and third quil!s longest, the first intermediate between the fourth and fifth. 
Tail sub-orbicular, the shafts convex outwardly ; the feathers rounded, a little graduated. 
This genus is placed by Bonaparte as a sub-genus of Geotrygon of Gosse. 
OREOPELEIA MARTINICA, Reich. 
Key West Pigeon. 
Columba martinica, Gmexin, I, 1788, 781. Not of Temminck. 
Geotrygon martinica, Bonar. Consp. Av. II, 1854, 74.—Cas. Jour. [V, 1856, 108. 
Oreopeleia martinicana, Reicu. Syst. Av. 1851, page xxv.—Is. ‘* Icones Avium, tab. 257, fig. 1431 ” 
Columba montana, Aup. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 382; pl. 167.—In. Syn. 1839, 191.—Is. Birds Amer. V, 1842, 14; pl. 
282.—Nurtaux, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 756. Not of Linnaeus. 
Zenaida montana, Bonar. Geow. & Comp. List, 1838. 
* Columbigallina montana, Temminck.”? 
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“Columba mystacea, Lembeye.’? Bonap. (Not of Temminck.) 
Sp. Cx.—Ground color of the upper parts, including wing (both surfaces) and tail feathers brownish orange ; the upper part 
of head and neck with metallic reflections of green and purple ; the back, rump, and wing coverts, with reflections of metallic 
light purplish or violet. There is a white band from the lower mandible along side of the head, bordered below by purplish 
red, like the forehead, and a similar band through the eyes, which are without metallic lustre. The breast is very light purplish 
red, fading to white towards the tail and chin. The feathers of the under tail coverts are dusky brown at the base. Length, 
10.70; wing, 6.00; tail, 5.75. 
_Hab.—Key West, Florida, and West Indies. 
