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O. martinloa. AImpvk (■licsliinl-niloiis, the crown ami iiaiu; willi piiriilisli- 

 f;i('cii, till' iowi'i- pait III' iiapi! willi i,'iilili'ii-;,'iri'ii, tlic luirU with violi't, llio 

 otiii'i' iippiT pai'ls with liiij,'lit piirpli>li-ii'il iilii'i-liiiiiti ; lii'iii'iitii ]iiiikisli- 

 wiiiti', iiiDM' piiipli>ii 1)11 111!' jiij;iiliiiii. A ilistiiii'tly liiariicil li^'lil .-^liipr cm 

 till' check, bonlcicil hcluw hy olio ol' piiiplisii-iL'il. Li'lij,'lli, 10."n; wiiijr, 

 fi.'.Mt; tail. .'.."'). Ilnh. K17 West, Kloi'iilu (?) Ciiha, ami Mailiiiiiiiii'. 

 O. montana.' Ahovo ilccp oi-iiii^rc-nirmis, without liiii;ht ri'lk-ulioiis, hut 

 with an opac|ni' ^rloss of ii'ilili.-.h-piii|ili' on the hai k ami nape, lieiieatli 

 oi'hi'ni.'eoiis, iiicliniiij,' to vinai'eoiis 011 the jn^'uliiin. Cheek; without disliiiet 

 whitish bnr borilpi'cd helow hy H'ddisli. Wing, 5.70. Hub. ivthiiitic; rugion 

 of Mil ;llu Ainoriua fmin Xalapa to IJiazil ; West Iiulies. 



Oreopeleia martinica, \\m\i. 



KEY WEST PIGEON. 



Cotumha mnrtinkn, Omf.i.in, I, 1788, 7S1 (not of Temiiiinok). Omtnjynii mnrlinicn, 

 IJiiXAi". C'ciiisp. Av. II, USTil, 74. — t'Ai). .(our. IV, injii, 1(18. Unn/ieliiti tnarlinicuna, 

 Hi;ieil. Syst. Av. 18,')1, pagi' xxv. — In. "leolies Avium, tah. 257, lig. 1131." C'nlumba 

 mimliinii, Aud. Oin. Iliog. II, 18:51, '<82, pi. cl.wii. — In. Syii. ISau, 191.— Iii. 

 Bii'ds Am. V, 1842, 14, pi. ct:l.\.\xii. Ni-nALi,, Man. 1, (2(1 «d.,) 184H, 750 (not 

 of Mnn.Tu.s). XiiKiiibi unmlinid, lioSAi'. (leu)^. & t'uniii. List, l,s:)8. " Cu/iuiiliiijullina 

 7noH/(TH'(, Ti;m.mixik." " Vd/umhu niiisldira, l,i:.Miii'.VK," liciNAr. (iiiit nl'Ti'iiiiiiiiick). 

 Orcii/h'/n'ii mar/ ill if", llAiiiD, liiiils X. Am. 1858, ii07. — Caii. .1. IV, lull (Cuha). — 

 GlTNUL. KopiTt. Ciih. I, IBOO, 2i)'J (Cuba). Itllen. llaiidh. Tauh. 31, tab. 257, lig. 1432. 



Sp. Char, ftfonnd-eolor of tliu upper parts, including wing (both surface.-:), and tail- 

 feathers, cliestnut-nil'oiis; the up- 

 per part ol' head and neck with 

 nietnllie rellections of green nnd 

 pur|)lo ; the back, rump, nnd 

 wing-coverts, with relleelions of 

 nietallio light-purplish or violet. 

 There is a white band from the 

 lower mandible along side of the 

 head, bordered below by purplish- 

 red, like the forehead, and a 

 similar band through the eyes, 

 which are without metallic lustre. 

 The breast is very light purplish- 

 reel, fading to white towards the 

 tail and chin. The feathers of 

 the under tail-coverts arc dusky- 

 brown at the l)ase. Length, 10.70 ; wing, 0.00 ; tail, .'1.7.5. 



Had. Key West, Florida ; Cuba nnd Martinique, perhaps elsewhere in the West Indies. 



Habits. The Key We.st Pigeon is foniirl within the I'anna of the United 

 States only in the extreme sontheni portion of Flori'li-, and, so fin- as known, 

 only on tlie island of Key West, where ^fr. Anduhon met with tlioni, and 

 enjoyed a limited opportunity of ob.servino' tlieir habits. He describes the 



Oreoj}eteiu martinica. 



vol,. HI. 



* O^coiKkia montana. C'olumha montana, Lixx. S. N. 1758. 

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