ZENAIDA, . 213 
pale buffy on posterior lower parts; metallic gloss on neck less distinct, 
the black ear-spot smaller and duller. Young: Much duller in color 
than adult female, with the tints more brownish; feathers of upper 
parts, head, neck, and chest, with distinct paler tips or terminal margins; 
no metallic gloss on neck, or distinct black spot beneath ears. Length 
11.00-13.00, wing 5.70-6.10, tail 5.70-6.50, culmen .50-.55. West vari- 
ously situated; Aggs 1.10 x .82. Hab. Whole of temperate North Amer- 
ica, north to Canada, southern Maine, etc., south to Panama and West 
Tndies.........cscssscseeeerseeees 316. Z. macroura (LINN.). Mourning Dove. 
b?. Lower tail-coverts cinnamon-color. Young (adult unknown): Much darker 
in color than Z. macroura, the entire lower parts, including under tail- 
coverts, uniform deep rusty cinnamon. Wing about 6.00, tail 4.80-5.00, 
culmen .80. Hab. Socorro Island, western Mexico. 
Z. graysoni Lawrz, Socorro Dove.! 
a’, Outer webs of secondaries broadly tipped with white. 
Adult male (female and young unknown): Entire lower parts uniform deep 
vinaceous, somewhat paler on lower tail-coverts. (Plumage exactly that 
of paler-colored specimens of Zenaida amabilis.) Wing 6.00, tail 4.80. 
Hab. Yucatan (Merida). 
Z. yucatanensis Liwr. Yucatan Dove.? 
Genus ZENAIDA Bonaparte. (Page 210, pl. LXIIL., fig. 3.) 
Species. 
Common CHaracters.—Above olive-brown or russet, the tertials and adjacent 
wing-coverts or scapulars spotted with black ; head, neck, and breast cinnamon-color, 
relieved by a spot or streak of blue-black beneath ear-coverts and reflections of 
changeable metallic purple on sides of neck; tail-feathers (except middle pair) 
plumbeous or slaty, broadly tipped with a lighter shade of the same, and crossed by 
a subterminal band of black; outer webs of secondaries broadly tipped with white. 
a. Under tail-coverts deep cinnamon; head and neck purplish cinnamon or deep 
vinaceous; length 10.00-11.50, wing 6.00-6.25, tail 4.00-4.40. Eggs 1.22 x 
.92. Hab. Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Santa Cruz, 
Sombrero, and coast of Yucatan.. 317. Z. zenaida (Bonap.). Zenaida Dove. 
a. Under tail-coverts whitish, usually slightly tinged with vinaceous or grayish ; 
head and neck (especially the latter) cinnamon-rufous; a little larger than 
Z. zenaida. Hab. Lesser Antilles (St. Bartholomew, St. Vincent, Barbuda, 
Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Grenada, St. Eustatius, ete.). 
Z, castanea (WaGL.). Antillean Dove.’ 
1 Zenaidura graysoni Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. ¥. 1871, 17. 
2 Zenaidura yucatanensis Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. 1869, 208. (Perhaps a hybrid between Z, macroura 
and Zenaida amabilis.) 
8 Columba castanea WaGt., Syst. Av. 1827, 289, Columba, Sp. 77. (Z. martinicana Be. et Auct., but not 
Columba martinica Linn.) 
