304 



NORTH AMKUKIAN IMllDS. 



Sp. I'liAii, (iciiiTalcdlor vurv ilark slalc-liliic, primaries mid tail <lark(M'. ('jjiior liall'orilic 

 lu'ail, liiHii liio liill to the iiiipo, pure white, imt leaeliiii).' tlio cdire of llie eyelids ; n trian^'iilar 



pali'li dl' daik iiiarooii-pnrple 

 i):i llie iieeijml, and lielow il. a 

 seiiiieiiciilai' '' eape " cmeriiij;- 

 till' nape, of nielallic brassy- 

 },'i'een, each leather distinelly 

 l)oi(k'i'eduxleiiially with velvety- 

 lila(,'k, prodiieini,' a sunainate ap- 

 peaianee. liill dec'p purple, ihn 

 end li^dit liliie: ii'is while; lef;s 

 deej) lake-fed. In skins the bill 

 dusky tipped with yellowish, tlio 

 feet yellow. Sexes similar. 

 Len,L;lh, Hi..')!!; win'/, 7.00; tail, 



II.M!. SoMthei'li Keys cil' Florida 

 (inelndin^f Indian Key) and \Ve.st 

 Indies i,'enei;dly. ir<>ndnras 



(MoouK, 1". Z. S. 1S.VI, (!1); 

 Santa Ciiiz (Xdwton, Ibis, I, 

 '.'");!); Cuba ((.'.mi. .1. IV, 107); 



Cdlittuhfi It urt,rfphala. 



Bahamas (1!i!vant, I'v. Host. Soe. VII, 18.-)<i) ; .Fainaioa (GossK, B. 3.2'M); I'oito Rico 

 (Tavi.oi!. Ibis, ISdI. 171); Cuba ((iiN-m,. Repeit. I, ISUd, 'J!I8); Santa Baitholuniy (.SiNn. 



ui'v. I8r;i(, -,x:,). 



llAlilTS. Tli(! "Wliiti'-Iiciidcd rio'cdu ofcui'.s in (lie more .snutlicrii of tho 

 key.s dl' Florida, liiit, s(i iar ms I am nwiiiv, lias iicvtiv Ik'l'ii taken on tiny {laib 

 of the mainland. It is an alamdant speuii-.s in Cuha, .ramaica, and in mo.st 

 of the otlicr NN'ost India Islands. 



Tliis Dove, according' to Atidiilion, niTivi's on tlic soutliorn keys o|' Florida 

 about the 2()tli of April, .sometimes not until the tir.st of ^lay. On the l>(lth 

 of A])ril he shot .scvei'al Just id'ter their arrival i'rom across the G'llf Stream. 

 He noticed them as they ai>])roiiched the shore, skimming' alon;^ the surftice 

 of the water, and Hyine; with oroat ra])idity, in the manner of the Ilcjuse 

 I'ijicon. As they a|i]iroached tlie land they rose to til ) ./tit a hundred yards, 

 iiyiug in circles as if to survey the C(juntry. To ]irocure sjieeinieus, it was 

 necessaiy to force them out from the dark retreats in which tlu^y htid 

 alighted. They were at all times exceeilin.yly shy and M-ary, jirolndily on 

 account of the war that is incessantly wtiged ai^ainst them, their flesh hein.L,' 

 very Juicy and linely flavored. This shyness is only jjartially abated (.'ven 

 duriuo- the breed in;^-season, as they will silently slide from their nest when 

 sittiii,ii-, if it is apimiached, and retreat to the dark shade of the man,u!r(»ves, and 

 do not return for an interviil to their charee. Tliey weie more abundant in 

 the nK)re southern keys, e.\ce])t the sterile Tortue;as. 



Accoi'dino[ to Afr. Mtirch, there are two varieties of this I'igeon, known as 

 the F)aldpiitc in Jamaica, distinoui.shed as tiie Mountiiin and the Manj^rove 

 Baldpate. The latter he has never met with in the mountains, but both 



