IIO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [April 



The sexes are similar, the female being slightly paler. 

 Length. 13.50; wing. 7.50; tail, 5.50: tarsus, 1. 

 Habitat. Antilles. 



Columba caribsea Linn. 



Columba caribcea Linn. Syst. Nat. I (1766).— Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 773 

 (1788). — Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 603 (1790). — Temm. Hist. Gen. Pig- 

 eons, 450 (1S13-15).— Shaw, Gen. Zool. XI, p. 37 (1819). — Sundew 

 Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1S69, p. 601. — Scl. & Salv. Norn. Avium 

 Neotr. p. 132 (1S73). — Bd. Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 

 359(1874). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (1SS1). — 

 Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1S85). 



Columba caribbepa Denny, P. Z. S. 1847. p. 39. 



Columba caribbea Gosse. Bds. Jam. p. 291 (1847). 



Patagicenas caribeea Bp. Consp. II. p. 54 (1854). — Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 80. 

 — Albkecht, J. f. O. 1S62. p. 204. — Reich. Handb. p. 65, tab. 230. — 

 Gray, Handl. Bds. II. p. 234 (1870). 



Columba carribea March. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63. p. 301. 



Sp. Char. Male: — Forehead and cheeks showing a faint olive, the rest of 

 the head a dull purplish tinge; chin dull white: feathers of the nape 

 and upper back showing golden green reflections when held in the 

 light; rest of upper parts dull olive: breast showing a dull purplish 

 tinge; rest of underparts pale reddish brown; upper surface of tail 

 dark slaty brown, almost black, to within two inches of the tip, 

 which is very pale brown ; upper tail-coverts nearly covering the 

 dark brown of the basal portion; under surface of tail dull white; 

 primaries dark brown, narrowly edged with white on the outer 

 webs, showing brightest on the second, third, and fourth feathers. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length (skin), 14; wing, S.50; tail, 6; tarsus, .90. 

 Habitat. Jamaica and Porto Rico. 



Columba inornata Vig. 



Columba inornata VlG. Zool. Journ. 1S27, p. 446. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's 

 Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 173 (1840).— Denny, P. Z. S. 1S47, p. 39.— 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. So.— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 

 p. 301.— Scl. & Salv. Norn. Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1S73).— Bd. 

 Bwr. & Ridgw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ill, p. 360 (1874).— A. & E. 

 Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 114 (18S1).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San 

 Domingo, p. 136 (1885) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885). 



Columba rufina Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 296 (1847). 



Cklorcenas inornata Bp. Consp. II, p. 53 (1854). — ^ AB - J- f - °- l8 5 6 ' P* 

 106.— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— 

 Sclater, P. Z. S. 1S61, p. 80.— Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204.— 



