COLUMniD.K - THE PIGEOXS. 



395 



Starnoenas cyanocephala, J'.ox. 



BIiTTE-HEADES PIGEON. 



Columha c„anocep1u,h,, Uss. Sy.st. Nat. I, ir.lO, 282. - Gm.->.,n Svst I 178S 77fl 



II is'/ro'' 'a "':• •^•""•~ 'VV-.'<v.M«7„. n.,XA... List, lS38.1ln ('ons.' 

 I , 18M, <>!>.- An.. «yn. 183!.. 193. -In. I!i,-,l.s An,..,-. V. 1842 23 pi cdxxxiv 



18'-,l „ vvv ,1 •• " • ;^^- *'"■"""'« <V/""-><-,v</,„A,, liKuiiKSiuc.t, Sy.st..,naAv 



muc;:aiilal Turlh, Latiia.m, Syii. II, ji, 651. 

 SP.C„..n. Bill blno,tl>o (lesl.y part at tl.o l.a.so cannine. Iris brown scale, of foot 



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centrally. Chin and throat 

 blaek, with a narrow border 

 of white below. A wliito 

 lino begins in the chin, and 

 passes under the eye to the 

 occiput. Sides of head above 

 this and foreheml black • 

 crown bine. Length, 10.70; 

 wing, .').40; tail, 4.35. 



Hah. West India Islands ; 

 according to Audubon foinid 

 occasionally at Key AVest, 

 Florida, anil other southern 

 keys. 



The axillars tiiul muler 

 suriiico of the wiiij^s are 



The hind toe iu this .species is not strictly in the same plane with the 

 others, but placed a little ahove their point of insertion 

 ILuuTs. This haiKlsome Pigeon belongs to the fauna of the West India 



keys of Honda. Ihey are a common .species in Cuba, from which island i 

 h3w are stated by Mr. Audubon to migrate each year to ;ertain of t Ikt it 

 J orida, w ere, however, they are rarely seen on account of their living' .^ 



of Key West. Ihey were near the water picking gravel, but they would not 

 suffer a near approach. lie saw a pair, al.o, that had been t^ken wr, 

 young, on Mule Keys." These fed well on cmcked corn and rice bu h 

 was unable to obtain any further information in respect to them 



Starncrnas ri/anorephala. 



