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ZENAIDURA AURICULATA STENURA (Bonaparte): Colombian Eared Dove 
Zenaida stenura BONAPARTE, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 40, No. 3, 
Jan. 1855, p. 98 (“Columbia’’= Colombia). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
lad. 9, Venezuela, Ciudad Bolfvar, June 11, 1931. 
This bird has the dull coloration characteristic of this race. 
The nomenclature here followed is that advocated by Hellmayr and 
Conover (Catalogue of the birds of the Americas, pt. 1, No. 1, 1942, 
p. 490). 
SCARDAFELLA SQUAMMATA RIDGWAYI Richmond: Ridgway’s Scaled Dove 
Scardafella ridgwayi RicumMonp, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, 1896, p. 660 
(Margarita Island, Venezuela). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
1 ad. o, Venezuela, Soledad, June 11, 1931. 
The bird was in breeding condition when collected. It is one of 
those specimens in which the black barring is relatively narrow, ap- 
parently a purely individual variation. It agrees with others from 
northern Venezuela. 
COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA GRISEOLA (Spix): Grayish Ground Dove 
Columbina griseola Sprx, Avium species novae . . . Brasiliam . . ., vol. 2, 1825, 
p. 58, pl. 75 a, fig. 2 (‘‘in sylvis fl. Amazonum,” Brazil). 
SPECIMENS COLLECTED 
lad. o&, lad. 9, Brazil, SAo Gabriel, Rio Negro, December 31, 1930—January 
16, 1931. 
The black bill and dark coloration characteristic of griseola are well 
shown in these specimens. 
COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA ALBIVITTA (Bonaparte): Cartagena Ground Dove 
Chamaepelia albivitta BONAPARTE, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 40, No. 1; 
Jan. 1855, p. 21 (“Bogota”). 
SPECIMEN COLLECTED 
lim. o, Venezuela, Puerto Ayacucho, Rio Orinoco, January 8, 1930. 
This race differs from the preceding in the lighter color of the pos- 
terior underparts and in the paler bill. 
Another example from Puerto Ayacucho was preserved in alcohol. 
COLUMBIGALLINA MINUTA MINUTA (Linnaeus): Plain-breasted Ground Dove 
Columba minuta LinnarEvs, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 285 (based on 
“Turtur parvus fuscus americanus” Brisson, Ornithologia, vol. 1, p. 116, 
pl. 8, fig. 2: “San Domingo,” errore; Cayenne substituted as type locality by 
Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 119). 
