THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 191 

 ZENAIDA ZENAIDA ZENAIDA (Bonaparte) 



ZENAIDA DOVE, TORTOLA, ROLON, TOURTE, GROSSE TOURTERELLE, 

 TOURTERELLE ROUGE, GROS TOTIRTE 



Columba zenaida Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 5, 

 June, 1825, p. 30 (Florida Keys). 



? Tourte, Grosse Tourterelle, Descoubtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 188- 

 189 (apparently Zenaida dove). 



Zenaida, Lonnbebg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 101 (Haiti). 



Zenaida amabilte, Coby, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, Dec, 1884, pp. 128- 

 129 (Puerto Plata, Magua).— Tippenhaueb, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 322 

 (listed). 



Zenaida zenaida, Coby, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 97 (Haiti, Domini- 

 can Republic). — Chebbie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 24 

 (Dominican Republic). — Verbiel, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 

 357 (Dominican Republic). 



Zenaida zenaida zenaida, Petebs, Bull. Mus. Conip. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, pp. 

 407-408 (La Chorrera, Arroyo Savanna). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., 

 vol. 68, 1929, p. 315 (San Juan, specimens). 



Zenaida aurita zenaida, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 

 1928, p. 498 (Haiti, Gonave, Tortue).— Danfoeth, Auk, 1929, p. 366 (common). 



Resident; locally common. 



The Zenaida dove frequents open fields, pastures, and prairie lands 

 bordered by trees and open growths of arid scrub, and does not 

 occur in densely forested regions where there are no clearings. It 

 is possible that with increase in cultivation in the last twenty-five 

 years it has extended its range to a considerable degree, particularly 

 in the Dominican Republic since Cherrie in 1895 reported it as com- 

 mon in the coast districts but not found in the high interior, and 

 Cory at an earlier date recorded specimens only from Puerto Plata 

 and Magua. The latter found them nesting in May. 



Wetmore found the Zenaida dove common along the road between 

 Azua and Comendador May 1, 1927, and recorded single birds at 

 San Francisco de Macoris May 7, and Santiago May 31. Peters, 

 who secured three specimens, found them common only on the Mar- 

 tinez Savanna, southwest of Cabrera. His skins were procured at 

 La Chorrera February 12, 1916, and Arroyo Savanna March 9 and 

 10. Abbott secured a male at El Rio near the head of the Rio 

 Jimenoa, where there are extensive clearings, on May 17, 1918, and 

 another at Hondo, west of Constanza May 5, 1919. There do not 

 seem to be records of this species on the Samana Peninsula. Dan- 

 forth reports this dove in 1927 as very common, especially in the 

 hills west of Azua, and says that he collected specimens at Vasquez 

 and San Juan. Ciferri secured it near San Juan (Arroyo Loro, 

 Sabana San Thome). 



