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NOIITII A^fKI{I('AN•IJIIU)a 



8i'. CiiAU. Iliii'k, nim|i. cxiiosnl siiiCiiPc of tcrliiils, unci htil iiliovc, niiiforiii ^'rnj'isli- 

 olivu ; lu'ck iiIhivc iuhI nuclpiil liiigfd witli liliiisli ; loii'licail, sides nf ln'iul, anil neck, 



unilcr parts frciicrnlly, and losscr iii)iu'r\vin(,'- 



^-^.N, 



Clintnirprtin pfisarriim. 



i:>^. V ,/ (.'ovci'tSjlif;!!! i)ui|ilisli-n'il,tinf;L'd with dusky 



towanls tlic tail, Fcallicis oi' tli(! head, 

 neck, and roic-hiiMisI, niarj,'iniMl witii ti 

 daikcf sliadc ol' llir j;i-ound-c()lor; tiic loro- 

 licad and rliin, cudy. ncai'ly Mnifoiin. Kcatli- 

 L'ls of the l)ii'a.-i dnsky-l)i()\vn in llic ci'nlro, 

 tills most conspicnims on iho jiignliiin. 

 rndci' winif-uovoils, axillais, and qnilis, 

 lirownisli-oraiiirc ; tin; lattur niai'<;incd cx- 

 toinully and tijiiicd witli diisky-lirown, tlio 

 Icitials almost cnliicly of this coloi-. Middle 

 tail-leathers like the liaek ; the others mostly 

 lilai'k, the outer one odjri'il towards tlio tip 

 with white. The ex])osed surliieo of the winf,' 



variously marked with lilotehes exhiljitinj,' lilack, sleel-liliie, and violet. JJill and feet 



yellow; the former tippeil with biowii. Femule with little or none of the pnrplish-rod. 



Yoiiiig duller than the adull fi'inale, the feathers of np[)er parts with a narrow terminal 



bar of white. Lenu'th, (;..')() ; win<r, .'i.'iO ; tail, 'J.HO. 



II.M). South Atlantii; and Gulf eoasts; very rarely as far north as Washiiifiton. 



Southern and Lower California ; whole of Midtllo Ameiica, to New Granada and 



Venezuela ; West Indies, 



SiieciiuL'iis viiry considoiftbly in llie (loi)tli nl" tlio vinaceous tints, but the 

 vaiicition i,s neuily as nnich with tho individual as with the hicality. As a 

 rule, Florida tind West Inditi skins are most deeply colored, those from 

 Afe.xico (particularly from Cape St. Lucas and Orizaba) beinjf much paler in 

 all the tints (yav. pa/lcsirtii^, Daird) ; but specimens from (luatemala and 

 Costa Iiica are undistingui.shable from the averaoe of the Florida series. 

 S])ecimcns from New (iranada (labelled 6'. ^;vni'</;'««, Bonap.), Venezuela 

 (labelled 0. aUnritta), and the Amazons, are more like Ciipe St. Luciis speci- 

 mens, dilferino; from them only in .slightly smaller size, the colors being the 

 same in the minutest particulars, except that the crissum is pcrhai)S more 

 whitish, the dusky centres of the feathers being more concealed. These 

 generalizations are based on fifty-six specimens in the Smithsonian Museum. 



IIahit.s. According to ^Mr. Auduljon, this Dove is found from the lower 

 parts of Louisiana to Capi^ Hatteras, following the coast (juite round Florida, 

 but is seen very seldom to any distance in the interior. lie met with none in 

 the State of ^lississijjpi. They were more abundant among the sea-i.slands 

 of (leorgia and the middle portions of the coast of Fast Florida than any- 

 where else. 



This bird has also been taken at Monterey, California, by W. Hutton, and 

 a single accidental s))ecimen has been ol)tained ne.ir AVashington, T), C. 



Sj)ecimens were obtained near !Matamoras, in Tamaulipas, by T)r, Berlan- 

 dier, and subsequently by Lieutenant Couch, who generally found them in 

 the forests or o])en fields at a distance from dwellings. They were observed 



