Ill Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. L A P ril 



with a black band about an inch from the tip ; a slight streak of 

 metallic blue below the ear; quills dark brown; secondaries tipped 

 with white; feet red. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length, 10; wing, 6; tail, 4.30; tarsus. 80; bill. .55. 

 Habitat. Antilles. 



Zenaida spadicea Cory. 

 Zenaida spadicea Cory, Auk, III, pp. 498, 502 (1886). 



Sp. Char. — General upper plumage dark olive brown, rufous brown on 

 the forehead and showing a tinge of very dull purple on the crown, 

 apparently wanting in some specimens; a sub-auricular spot of 

 dark metallic blue; sides of the neck and nape rich metallic purple; 

 chin pale buff, shading into rich rufous chestnut on the throat and 

 breast; belly brown, showing a slight vinaceous tinge; upper sur- 

 face of tail brown, the feathers showing a sub-terminal band of 

 black, and all the feathers except the central ones tipped with gray: 

 primaries dark brown, almost black, faintly tipped with dull white; 

 the secondaries broadly tipped with white ; under wing-coverts gray : 

 bill black ; feet red. 



Length, 9.60; wing, 6; tail. 3.75; tarsus,'. 75; bill, .50. 

 Habitat. Grand Cayman. 



A specimen of Zenaida taken in Little Cayman differs some- 

 what from Z. spadicea^ being lighter colored and haying the 

 metallic feathers of the neck somewhat differently colored — paler 

 and less in extent. I have separated the Little Cayman bird pro- 

 visionally and with much hesitation, and have proposed the name 

 Zenaida richardsoni for it (see Auk, IV, p. 7, 1S87), should 

 further investigation prove them specifically separable. 



Zenaida martinicana Bonap. 



Zenaida martinicana, Bp. Consp. II, p. 82 (1854). — Taylor, Ibis. 1864, 

 p. 171. — Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 241 (1870). — Scl. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 

 (1S7S).— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V. p. 169 (1SS0).— Lister, 

 Ibis, 18S0. p. 43. — Grisdale, Ibis, 1882. p. 492. — Cory, List Bds. 

 W. I. p. 24 (T8S5).— Wells. List Bds. Grenada, p. 7 (1886). 



Columba {Zenaida} martinicana Sundev. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, 

 P- 585- 



Sp. Char. — Top of head, cheeks, and upper throat pale rufous brown; 

 narrow line of dark blue on the cheek; chin dull white; feathers of 



