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Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (Sept. and Oct.) 



This species may at once be distinguished from the Z. aurila, by the redder 

 tint of its breast, — the greater number of black marks on the wing coverts and 

 back — the outer half of some of the feathers on the wing coverts being white — 

 the marks on the under side of the tail being grey (instead of white as in the 

 Z. aurila) and by the larger size of its beak. 



This dove is one of the most abundant birds in the Archipelago. It frequents 

 the dry rocky soil of the low country, and often feeds in the same flock with the 

 several species of Geospiza. It is exceedingly tame, and may be killed in 

 numbers. Formerly it appears to have been much tamer than at present. 

 Cowley,* in 1684, says that the " Turtle doves were so tame that they would often 

 alight upon our hats and arms, so as that we could take them alive : they not 

 fearing man, until such time as some of our company did fire at them, whereby 

 they were rendered more shy." Dampierf (in the same year) also says that a 

 man in a morning's walk might kill six or seven dozen of these birds. At the 

 present time, although certainly very tame, they do not alight on people's arms; nor 

 do they suffer themselves to be killed in such numbers. It is surprising that the 

 change has not been greater; — for these islands during the last hundred and fifty 

 years, have been frequented by buccaneers and whalers ; and the sailors, 

 wandering through the woods in search of tortoises, take delight in knocking 

 down the little birds. 



3. Zenaida Boliviana. G. R. Gray. 



Columba Boliviana, D'Orb. SfLafr. Mag. de Zool. 1836. Ois. p. 33. pi. 75. 



My specimen was obtained (end of August) at Valparaiso. 

 1. Columbina strepitans. Spix. 



(Av. pi. 75, f. 1.) 



I procured specimens at Maldonado (where it was not common), on the banks 

 of the Plata, and at Rio Negro, in Northern Patagonia. 



2. Columbina talpacoti. G. R. Gray. 



Columba Talpacoti, Temtn. Pig. p. 22. t. 12. 

 Columbina Cabocolo, Spix, A v. pi. 75a. f. 1. 

 Le Pigeon rougeatre, Aznra, No. 323. 



My specimens were obtained at Rio de Janeiro. 



* Cowley's Voyage, p. 10, in Dampier's Collection of Voyages. 



t Dampier's Voyage, vol. i. p. 103. For some further observations on the tameness of the birds on thU and 

 some other islands, see my Journal of Researches, p. 475. 



