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In Haiti the Zenaida dove is apparently more abundant than in 

 the eastern republic of Hispaniola. Bartsch recorded it at Trou 

 Caiman April 4, 1917, and near Port-au-Prince April 25. Abbott 

 collected specimens at Jean Rabel Anchorage March 30, 1917, Bom- 

 bardopolis at elevation of 450 meters March 27, and Baie des Mous- 

 tiques May 7. He secured a female on Gonave Island February 18, 

 1918, and two of the same sex on Tortue Island February 2 and 4, 

 1917. Wetmore found Zenaida doves common at Hinche, where he 

 collected one April 22, 1927. They fed on bare open ground and were 

 seen to some extent among open scrubs. The call of the male, 

 phrased like that of the mourning dove but deeper in tone and more 

 sonorous, given somewhat more quickly and not quite so prolonged at 

 the end, with all the syllables somewhat curtailed, may be written as 

 coo oo oo coo coo. The wings in flight produce a whistling sound that 

 is louder and lower pitched than that of the related species. The re- 

 semblance between these two forms is really surprising and in life 

 it requires careful attention to avoid confusing them. The males 

 of the Zenaida dove in the breeding season have a display habit, 

 common to many pigeons, of circling in the air with stiffly set wings. 

 The Zenaida dove was common at Poste Charbert near Caracol on 

 April 26 and 27. 



There is a specimen in the Academy of Natural Sciences from 

 Gonave Island taken July 18, 1927, by John T. Emlen, jr. Bond 

 reports it from Gonave, as well as from Tortue. Poole and Perry- 

 go secured one at St. Michel, December 23, 1928, and four at Cerca- 

 la-Source March 23, 25 and 28, 1928. One of these shows albinistic 

 tendencies as the usual brown color is replaced in part by buff. 



The Zenaida dove is warm brown in color, with violet iridescence 

 on the sides of the neck. There is a black spot below the ear and 

 black markings on the inner secondaries. The tail is tipped with 

 gray and the secondaries with white. In appearance it is similar to 

 the mourning dove but is distinguished by the short, slightly rounded 

 tail. 



ZENAIDURA MACROURA MACROURA (Linnaeus) 



WEST INDIAN MOURNING DOVE, T6RT0LA, TOURTERELLE, TOURTERELLE 



QUEUE-FINE 



Columba macroura Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, pt. 1, 1758, p. 164 m (Cuba). 

 ? Ring-dove, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Span. Part Saint Domingo, vol. 1, 1798, 

 p. 305 (abundant). 



80 Based on the Long-Tailed Dove of Edwards Natural History, p. 15, pi. 15, which 

 came from the West Indies. Type locality here designated as Cuba. 



The Tourterelle de St. Domingue, Daubenton, Planch. Enl. No. 487, is an artifact with 

 the body of a mourning dove and the head of a killdeer (not a golden plover as Salvadori 

 has stated). On it are based Columba dominicensis Latham, Index Ornith., vol. 2, 1790, 

 p. 615, (in Dominicensi Insula), and Columba annulata Wagler, Syst. Av., 1827, p. 267 

 (in Dominicensi Insula). For a full synonymy see Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 21, 1893, pp. 639-640. 



