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IIahits. Tlic lu'il-liillcil Dovoclniius a |iliu'i' in lln^ Xorlli Aiucriciin rmiiiii 

 only a.s ii ivsidciil in llic valley n\' the Lhwh'I' lii" (Iruiulc IJivcr. It a|)|icai'.s 

 also to \k' Iniinil (111 and iicai' liic miH'-cnasI, ot' Mexico and ('cntral Anii'i'ica. 



It was tiiki'ii al N(!\v Lmiii, JMcxici), in ^^a^l■ll, l<S."(;!, liy l,i(!utt'nanl Cduuli, 

 ami (111 llio llio (Jruiidi! liy Mr. A. Sdioll. it was lirsl scuii liy llie inriiicr 

 ill tiu! tliick woody liottonis oj' tlio San dnaii, New Lcdii. 'I'liu Ijirds wcro 

 (iiiitu coniiiKiii, lull I'cinaincd very siiuhidcd. Tlify mv. said to Ik; ol' very 

 rapid tlii^lit. 



Mr. ( r. ('. Taylor (ibis, 1S(1(I. p. L'Hiij inciitioiis Ijndiiin' tliusi', liirds not iiii- 

 coininon on Ti^n'i't; island, in lioiidiuas, Init did not incct with them in tho 

 interior. lie speaks of iheiu as very liamlsoiiie birds, liut ,L,'ives no acconnt 

 ol' tlieir haliit.s. 



Mr. Henry K. J)resser round the llod-billeil I)ove (juite eoinmon near 

 Matainoras, and brecdin;;' there. Dnring the autuinii j^retit qnaiitities, as 

 well as of the /rHcuji/ri'c and the idrd/iiiriisi.-i, are bron,i;hl to the market for 

 .sale. At iJrownsville, also, these birds were nut uneoininoii, Imt Mere I'onnd 

 tor only a short distance towards the- interior ol' Texas, and none were .seen 

 liij^her np tho Jiio (Jrande than Ikonm. A ^^exiciln, wlio shut doves for tlie 

 niiirket, inforined ^Ir. Dresser that he had I'onnd thi.s species breedinjj; near 

 the town of Alatanioras, and tiiat it builds a nest somewhat similar to that 

 of Z. (•((r(iliiuii.si--<, but that its two e,iii;s are somewhat hirL^er. Their stomachs 

 were found tilled witii a kind of liluelierry. 



E«,'Li;s in the Derlandier collection are oval in shape, equal and slif^^htly 

 tajieriiiL,' at eitlnn" end, and of a creamy-while coh)r. They measuve 1.18 

 inches in length by .'JO of an inch in breadth. 



Gexus ECTOPISTES, Sw.mnsox. 



/■'(•/opin/cs, SwAINsox, /()()!. .lour. Ill, ISii?, 'M2. (Tvpi", (Ailiiiid/a migr<ifi)ri<(, !,.) 



Gi:x. Cii.vi;. \U'm\ very small. Bill .'iluirl. Iilack ; culiiicn one tliinl the vr>\ nf the 

 head; Ibatliurs of the chin niniiiiiLf very fiir I'urward; n'onys very slinrt. Tai'si V(>ry short, 

 half C'jvorod antorioi'ly by foatlnTs. Iiiiicr latci'al daw imn'h lai'LTci- ihaii oiiti'i'. iiM..'hin,u: 

 to tho liaso ol' the tiiiddlo oii(>. Tail very loiiy and I'.xcu.ssivi'ly (ninuatc; aliovc as lonjf as 

 tho win^s. Fast ]iiiinaiy lontrost. Hlack sjiots on .si^;ap(ila]-s; a black and a nifous .'ipot 

 on inner welis ol' tail-leathers. 



This oeims i.s readily dislinnuislied from the oilier Cdlinnhiiirr by the 

 exce-ssively lenj,'thened and acute middle feathers. It formerly included the 

 Coltiinha (■(iroh'iinixi.f, \n\l this, with more pro])riety, has been erected into a 

 diU'erent genus, and will be found in the next section. 



bordorod with white. T.csscr winfj-covi'rts chocolate-riMl, I'orming a bright shoidilfr-spot of 

 elliptical shape. Qiiill-foatluM's dusky, tiii!,'i'd with lead-color on the outer vanes. Third primary 

 longest. Tjiper and under tail-coverts bluish lead-color. Tail, 5 inches, slightly rounded, of 

 twelve feathers ; dusky." 



