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Zenaidura carolinensis, Hdnap. 



CASOLINA OR COMMON DOVE. 



'.'ohtidhit enrol inntsii, Linn.kl's, Syst. Nut. I, 1700, iiSO, No. :;7. — Latham, Iiul. II, 17'JO, 

 013. — Wll.s(.s, Am. Orii. V, 181:2, !)], \A. xliii. - At n. Oni. Vmx^. 1, Isai, HI ; V, 

 1S39, 555, jil. xvii. — XriTAl.l,, ^Maii. I, 18;52, (>20. 'J'lirhir citro/iiicii.iis, ISiilssun, 

 I, 11(1, jil. viii. L'r/n/ii.i/is (■iini/iiiriisi.i, liicil. List, lS:i7. — I'liis. Iliiils Aiiicr. V, 

 ISl'J, MO, 1)1. oclxxxvi. XmiiUbira fdi-nlinriisis, rxiNAP. Cmisii. Av. U, 1851, S4 (tyjM'). 

 — Haiim), liirils X. Am. 185S, 001. — l!i;i( iiinii. Ilaiidli. Tiiiili. Ill, tali. 211), f. 13.^0- 

 82. — Ciiof. & Sf( Ki.. 218. --<'<iiil'. dill. CaL L 1870,512. IVn'ssnrn aiivHiicii.sis, 

 C'Ali. Cal). .lour. 1850, 111, 112 O.^'l"''- ''"liiinlui iiiiiiyiiinfii, LtSN. Sy.st. Xal. L 1700, 

 2SC, Xo. 40 (best (Icsi'iiiitioii). - \Va(.i.i;i!, Syst. Av. 1827, Xo. HI. - In. I.sis, 1831, 

 51il. Edoplatea niiirifinnlii, (lu.vv, I..i.st, I5r. Mils. ! EflojnsU.i iiutniiiii'Uiis, Wood- 

 IloUisK, I'r. A. X. .S,.. VL .[line, 1S52, 101. — lit. ExpL Ziifii & Color. 1853, 03 ; IJiids, 

 jil. V (Ca!iailiaii livi'i-, .\ik. linmatiiic liiiill. i Z' iinid.arii miicijiinlhi, liuNAl'. C'ou.sp. 

 Av. H, 1851, 85. 



Aliovc liliii.sli, althoiipjli this is overlaid with light 



Zennii/itra enrnlinensis- 



Sp. CitAit. Tail-rciitlii'rs fotirtoi'ii. 

 brownisli-DJivc, Ksiviiif;- tlie lilm.' piirc 

 only on the top i>t' iIk; IkiuI, the 

 cxtofior of tlio wings, ami the iipiicr 

 siirCiu.'O of tlu! tail, wliirh is even 

 slightly tingfd with this color. The 

 entiro head, except the vi'rtex, the 

 sides of the neck, and the under paits 

 generallj', light lirownish-viiiaceoiis, 

 strongly tinged with purple on the 

 breast, heeoiiiing lighter liehiiid, and 

 [lassing into brownish-yellow or 

 ereaiiiy-ochraeeons on the anal 

 region, tiltiiU, and inider tail-coverts. 

 Sides of the noek with a patch of 

 ine(allie ptn'pli.sh-red. Sides of body 

 anil inside of wings elear light blue. Wing-eoverls and .si-apuhirs spotted witli black, 

 mostly eoneealed, and a small oblong pateh of the same, with a stecd-bluo refleetioii, 

 below the ear. Tail-feathers .seen I'roni below 1ilaei<isli. the outer web of outermost, 

 white, the others tiiipeil with the .same, the color becoming more and more bluish to the 

 innermost, which is brown. Seen from above there is the same gradation from white to 

 light blue in the tips; the rest of the feather, however, is blue, with a bar of black 

 anterior to tlii' light tip, which runs a littli> forward along the margin and shall of the 

 fealher. In the sixth feather the color is uniform bluish, with this bar; the seventh is 

 without a bar. Hill black, the angle of the mouth carmine. Female smaller, and with less 

 red beneath. JiCiigth of male, ri.So; win.u', •'- .'") ; tail. 0.70. IJare orbits pale blue, with 

 a green tint ; iris dark brown; feet lake-red. Yoiinf/ with the feathers of upper parts 

 and jugiilum margine(l with paler ; the tints more brownish. 



Had. Throughout rniled States from Atlantic to Paiilic. Cuba; Middle America to 

 Panama. Localities: Oaxaca (.*=*ci.. l.S.V). :!!»l); Cordava (18.')fi. .'J.')!)) ; fJitatemala (Ibis, 

 1,222); Cuba (Cap. .T. IV. HI; CtNiM.. ilep. T, ISOO. ;?()|) ; Honduras (Tavi.or. Ilii.s, 

 11,227); Southeastern Texas (Dui:ssi:u, Ibis. ISIKi. 21. breeds) ; Fort Wliipplc, Arizona 

 (CouK.s, P. A. N. S. 1800, !);i) ; Costa Uica (Lawu. IX, i;i'J) ; Yucatan (IX, 207). 



