COLUMBIDJ!; — TUE I'lGEONS. 



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Geni-s CHAMJBPELIA, Swaix.sox. 

 ChaviccpcUa, Swainscn, Z„o1. Jour. Ill, 1827, 3.ii. (Typ.., Colamba passtrina, I. 



Culiiiun more than 



Gkn. Ciia:i. Sizo VL'iy siimll. Hill sk-nilcr, olong.itoil 

 hend meimured fioin rrontal f'oathoi-s. L.'j,'s stout, 

 T loiiKPi- tlian Literal toe.: ciinal to tlio 



niiu..le witliout its daw; covcreil nntcriorly liy a 

 single suric's of sfutelliu. Winjrs broad; the 

 tertials excessively len;,'tiieneil, nearly as loni,' as 

 the primaries, ([uito ecinal to the (irst primary. 

 Tail nearly as long as the wiiio-s ; rounded 

 laterally. 



This group embraces the most dimimi- 

 tivc! Doves known to naturalists. A single 

 species is found abundantly in the southern 

 United States ; anotlier is found in north- 

 ern South America. They may be distinguished as follows : — 



half the 



C/tamtrprtia jxtsserhm. 



C. passerina. Feathers of jugulum with a duslcy central spot ; occiput and 

 nape squamated with dusky. Hab. Southern Atlantic and Gulf States, 

 whole of Mexico (including Lower California), Central America, New 

 Granada, Venezuela, and West Indies. 



C. griseola.' No central duslcy spot to feathers of juguluni, and no scale- 

 hke markings on occiput or nape. Hub. Brazil and New Granada. 



ChamsBpelia passerina, Swaixson. 



OBOVND DOVE. 



Co!umbapas.,crvia, LiNNiEUs, Syst. Nat. I, 17G6, 285. - Latham, Ind. Orn. U, 1790, 611 

 -W.LsoK, A.„ Orn. IV, 1811, 15, pi. xlvi. _ Wagi.kk, Syst. Av. Cohnnba, No. 88. 

 -Aun^ Orn. Hiog. H, 1834, 471 ; V 1S39, 558, pi. elxxxii.-In. Hirds Amor. V. 

 1842, 19, p oelxxxui. -Sun„. Ofv. 1809, 580 (SI. Bavlhohuoy.) Cohunha (Goum) 

 P„s.cvma, BoKA... Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 181. - NrrrA,.,., Man. \, 1832, 035. Clue- 

 mcpeha passenna, SWA.xsos-, Zool. Jour. IH, 1827, 358. a>u>nc,/,cNa passcrinn, 

 BOKAP. L.st, 1838 -Id. Conspe.tus, II, 1854, 77. -Gosse, Birds Ja.naL, 1847 



on-'T^":"', • '^'"- '^"^' "O^S'-SCL. P. Z. S. 1859, 391 (Oaxa.a) ; 1857, 



200 (\alapa) ; Ib,s, I, 223 (Ouaten.ala) ; P. Z. S. 1864, 178 (City of Mrxiro). -Cvn J. 



/n\'"n '!'"'■ ~''""'''^'''' ''■ ^''' ^^'^^ 'l'"'*" I«™). - I-^^vn. Ann. Lvc. I.\, 134 

 (Co,sta Ru-a), 207 (VuoatnuK -MA,;e.,, P. A. N. S. 1803, 302 (.Tamaiea).^- Coopki!. 

 Uin. Cal. I, 18/0. 516. ri/r,ji/mms pfm'rlnus, Rkiciikm). Ilaudb. Taub. 13 (1801 ?), 

 TT -f n ^*^" ~ " ' *"^' '^^' ''• ^^'^' ' ^20. Clminccpclia qnmatina, Boxap. Consp. 

 U /, (Bogota). ChamccpcHa albivilta, Boxap. Consp. II, 77 (Cartl.agena). Chama:- 

 pchavav pallcscens. Bmv.d, P. A. N. S. Philad. 1859 (Capo St. Lucas). - Coopeb 

 Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 517. 



> Cliamccpelia (jriscola, Spix, Av. Bras. t. 75, a f 2 

 56 (Brazil). 



Rei.nii. Vid. Med. Nat. For. 1870, 



