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pri'jxiJUda. It differs from the former in its smaller size and much 

 paler coloration both above and below and from the latter in its paler 

 coloration above and wholly l)lack bill. C p. exigua is probably the 

 smallest and palest known form of ground dove of ih^ pamerlna group. 

 Ten adult males of C. ]>. Ixihaiuenxix. average: Wing, 81; tail, 56.9; 

 exposed culmen, 11; tarsus 15.1; middle toe 13.0 mm. Two adult 

 males of C. p. exigua '<x\'QV2ig^\ Wing, 77.7; tail, 50. 7; exposed culmen, 

 10.7; tarsus, 11.5; middle toe, 13.5 mm. Two adult males of C. p. 

 perpallliia average: Wing, 81.7; tail, 55.7; culmen, 11; tarsus, 15.2; 

 middle toe, 13.7 mm. 



