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nigro; plaga nuda oculari nigra; pedibus coccineis ; iride brunnea. Long, tota circa 10-5, alae 6-1, 



caudae 4-7, culm. 0-7, tarsi 0-75. (Deacr. maris adulti ex S. Miguel Molino. Mus. nostr.) 

 $ ad. aari similis, Bed paullo minor et magis brunnescens ; pileo brunnescentiore vix canescente ; colli 



lateribus vix iridescentibus : subtus brunnescens ; pectore, abdomine et subcaudaHbus ochrascentibus. 



Long, tota circa lO'O, alae 5'3. (Descr. feminae adultse ex Azahar da Cartago, Costa Eica. Mus. nostr.) 

 Juv. feminae adultse similis et omnino brunnescens, sed plumis fere omnibus anguste albido limbatis. 



Hob. Temperate North America, British Columbia, Canada, Maine ^''. — Mexico, 

 Ysleta in Sonora [Lloyd^^], Huerachi {EoUnette^^), Guayinas {Belding ^^), 

 Mazatlan {Grayson '^^), Tres Marias Is. (Nelson ^^), Nuevo Leon, Pesqueria Grande, 

 Topo Chico, Hacienda de los Escobas, Hacienda de los Treviiios [Armstrong ^2), 

 Aldaraa, Soto La Marina, Tampico, Plains of San Luis Potosi, Jerez, Bolafios, 

 Zacoalco, Zapotlan, Aguas Calientes, Tehuantepec {Richardson^^), Guanajuato, 

 Guadalajara {Buges'^'^), Valley of Mexico (Rerrera^^^''), Huehuetlan -^, Huipulco, 

 San Miguel Molino, Atotonilco {Ferrari-Perez^^}, Jalapa [de Oca^), Cordova 

 (Salle ^), La Parada*, Talea^, Oaxaca^ (Boucard), Villa Alta (Trujillo 2^), Gineta 

 Mountains (Sumic/irast^^), Cozumel I. (Gaumer^^); Guatemala, San Martin de 

 Quezaltenango (Richardson ^^), Duenas (0. S."' ^2 & P. B. G.) ; Hoxdueas {Taylor ^) ; 

 Nicaragua, Sucuya, on the west shores of Lake Nicaragua {Nutting "^) ; Costa Rica, 

 San Jose (v. Frantzius ^^, Carmiol^, Calleja^^, Boucard^^, Cherrie^^), L-azu 

 (Cooper ^), San Mateo, slopes of Irazu (Zeledon^^), Alajuela, San Lucas, Azahar de 

 Cartago, Bebedero to Miravalles (Underwood, in litt.) ; Panama, Divala [Brown^^), 

 Volcau de Chiriqui ^2, Calobre (Arce ^*). — Antilles ^o, Cuba and Haiti --. 



The Carolina Dove is found in the temperate area of North America, and breeds 

 throughout this part of its range 3". In Mexico the species is widely distributed, 

 but is most plentiful on the high central plains, and M. Boucard ^ even observed 

 specimens at La Parada, at an elevation of 10,000 feet ; it is probably resident in 

 certain districts, but, although recorded in large numbers, we have at present no evidence 

 of its nesting in that country. In the Tres Marias Islands ^2 the bird occurs on 

 migration, and also in the Valley of Mexico ^^ "^, arriving in October and November, 

 and returning north in March. In Guatemala we found Z. cai-oUnensis a resident and 

 very abundant in the neighbourhood of Duenas, where it inhabited the open districts, 

 usually congregating in flocks. At San Jose, Costa Eica 28, it is found throughout the 

 year, but here, again, there is no record of its nesting. 



Though seen in companies during the season of migration, this species does not 

 congregate in such large flocks as the Passenger-Pigeon. The food consists of various 

 seeds, grains, berries, acorns, &c., as well as insects and worms, the young birds being 

 fed on the latter. The nest, which is not unfrequently placed in the vicinity of 

 dwellings, is the usual slight structure of sticks, built at varying heights, from a few 

 inches to fifty feet from the ground. The nests of other birds are often utilized, and 

 this Pigeon has even been known to lay in a Woodpecker's hole. The eggs are two in 

 number, but three and four have been recorded, doubtless laid by two different birds. 



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