,",r.n -NoilTll A.MEU1CAN lilllDS. 



meiisuiviiiuiit ol' tln'ii ru^'s, as givi'U liy Mr. AiKhilioii, i.'s l.'M inches in iun^^lli 

 by 1,U(J ill In'fiidili. Ku,s;.s in my caliinct I'miii Cnlia niciisiii'i' 1.4lt liy l.o;! 

 inches. They arc of ii piirt; hut nul u hrilliiinl while eolor, ecjiiui iit eitiier 

 end and oval in shajie. 



Columba flavirostris, ANacilei!. 



RED-BILLED DOVE. 



Columbii Jlariivstrin, WAfil.i:!!, I^is, ls31, Tilli. — L.vwiir.Nci;, Aiiniils N. Y. I,yc. V. May, 

 18.')1, lit). — ltAll;i>, Minis X. Am. IbfiS, iV.i8, pi. Ixi. — 111. Mi'.x. U. II, Hirds 21, 

 pi. x.viii. — t'lMii'Kit, Uiii. Cal. I, 1S7II, >")iiS. Vliloiwiwn Jluviruxlris, Hosai'. C'ons|>. 

 Av. II, 1*:>4, .O-J. - liiatllKXIi. llaiulli. 01. / Columba soliliirin, McC'ai.i., I'r. A. N. 

 •So. I'liila. Ill, .luly, 1S47, 233 (liiu draiieU', IV.xas. Uescriptioii rclViiiiif,' jiidliably 

 to this .siK'rit'.sK 



Sp. CiiaI!. Si'c'iiikI and lliinl iiuills (■(|ual. ami (li'cidcdly ]i)iii;(.m' lliaii tlie lir.st and 

 i'oui'lli, also nearly ciinal. Tail tiuiicalt', slii.'iitly rii\Mi(liMl. Ilrail and neck all nmnd, 

 lir<'a><t, and a iar;:(_' jiatcli on \\\v middle and lesser winir-enveits, lii;lil cliDi-ulate-red, the 

 latter deeper and more Dpaipie red ; the middle nC the liai'k, seapnlar.s, ;uid lertials olive ; 

 tlio rest of liocly. \vin;.;s. and tail very dark siaty-hlne ; the inl'ei'ior and eoneealed sinfaee.s oC 

 the latter lilack. Hill and le<;s yellow in the dried .skin, said to he jjurjile in lilb ; eyes 

 purple. LenirUi. M.(M) ; win>j, 8.00; tail, 5.70. 



Ham. Lower Rio (Irande. and Mexico, sonth to Costa Itica. Oaxaea (Set,. ISoO, ;5!)I); 

 Cordova. L«.")(!, :W.))\ Ilondunis (Tavi.oI!, Ihis. 11. •_'2(1; Rai.v. This. III. ;!.")); City of 

 Mexieo (,-!(i.. I'. Z. S. 1804, 178) ; Sonthea.stern Texas, breeding (Duksskr, Ibis, 18(;0, 23) ; 

 Costa liiea (Laui!. IX. 134). 



Tliere is no triice of any metallic scale-like feathers on the neck of this 

 .species. The win<,'- feathers, inchidiiij; tlie greater cnvert.s, are wliitish on 

 their external border. There is .sometimes a tinge of tlie red on the inside 

 of tlie wing. 



The C. hionidta of Jamaica (see synopsis) i.s wonderfully similar, except 

 in the form and color of the bill ; the plumage of the two does not difler in 

 the minutest ])articular. The West Indian bird is much the larger, however, 

 the bill black, and very difl'erently shajied. 



The Colnmhit soUtaiia of McCall ajipears to l)e closely related to this . 

 species, but, judging from the description, seems to diller in having the 

 head and neck bluisli ratlier than red. It may jjossildy be the i'emale of C. 

 flaviros/ri.<i, as tliis sex usually litis ii bluish tinge instead of red; the smaller 

 size, too, would i'avor this supposition.^ 



1 auliniihn.ioh'hi,-!'i, MeCAi.l., Pr. A. \. Sc riiilu. Ill, ,Tuly, 1817, 233. "Length, 13 iiiclips 

 9 liiii's, etc. Aliir extent, 23 iii<hi's. Wiiij;, IVoiii the llcxiirc, 7 iiiehcs 5 lines. Tar.sus, 1 inch ; 

 iiiiildl(^ tee, 1 inch 2 lines ; lirst toe, lines, luid hiiiirer thmi the third ; nails li^ht llcsh-color ; 

 feet and Icfjs deep rcil. Iris dark orange. Kill nheve, 1 inch 1 line, bnt feathered to within .'i 

 lines of the tip ; reddish near the base, whitish near the lip. Ileail chocolati'-blne. Throat 

 chooolate-wliite. Neck and bri'ast bluish-(diocolatc with brilliant rcllcctions. ISacli, belly, 

 fl:inks, under wins-''overts. and j;i''''b'r exterior wing-coverts, light red color, the last faintly 



