BIRDS OF NOBIS AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 

 ZENAIDURA MACROURA CAROLINENSIS (Linnaeus). 



MOURNING DOVE. 



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Similar to Z. m. macroura, but decidedly larger; upper parts 

 averaging less brownish, the under parts paler (less deeply vinaceous), 

 especially posteriorly, the under tail-coverts often nearly white. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 271-341 (321); wing, 138-153 

 (147.2); tail, 120-162.5 (142.3); exposed cuhnen, 13-15 (13.6); 

 tarsus, 19.5-22 (20.6); middle toe, 19-22.5 (20.5).° 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 225-297 (273); wing, 135-146 

 (139.6); tail, 96.5-137 (120.4); exposed culmen, 12-14 (13); tarsus, 

 19-21 (19.6); middle toe, 18.5-21 (19.7). 6 



Eastern North America, chiefly in Sonoran and Lower Transition 

 life-zones; breeding northward to New Brunswick (Hampton; 

 Milkish; Glenwood, St. Johns Valley; Frederickton), Nova Scotia, 

 southern Maine, Ontario (Hamilton; Point Pelee), Michigan (Mason 

 Crawford, Alcona, and Oscoda counties), Wisconsin, and eastern 

 Minnesota, westward to the edge of the Great Plains, and southward 

 to the Gulf coast and Bahamas (New Providence, Abaco, Andros, 



a Twenty-four specimens. 



6 Fifteen specimens. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 

 culmen 



Tarsus. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Five adult males from Bahamas 



Two adult males from Florida 



Three adult males from South Carolina 



One adult male from Tennessee 



Two adult males from Virginia 



Three adult males from Maryland 



Fire adult males from District of Columbia 



Two adult males from Pennsylvania 



One adult male from Illinois 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from Bahamas 



Two adult females from Florida 



Two adult females from South Carolina 



One adult female from Virginia 



One adult female from Maryland 



One adult female from New Jersey 



Two adult females from Indiana 



One adult female from Illinois 



Two adult females from Minnesota 



One adult female from Missouri 



145.4 



148.7 



148.3 



151 



141.5 



148.7 



148 



148 



146 



142.5 



137.5 



141 



146 



137 



135.5 



138.5 



139 



138.5 



144 



132.6 



134.2 



156.7 



147 



139.2 



146.8 



146 



143.5 



133 



105.2 



113.5 



119.2 



136.5 



126.5 



116.5 



123.5 



121.5 



129 



124 



14.1 



14 



14 



13.5 



13.2 



13 



13.5 



13.2 



14 



13 



13 



13.5 



13 



13 



12.5 

 12 

 13.5 

 13 



21 



20 



21 



20 



20.5 



20.3 



20.7 



20 



20 



20.2 



19.2 



19.5 



20.5 



19.5 



20 



19.7 



19 



19.2 



19.5 



19.9 



21 



20.7 



21 



19.7 



21 



20.8 



20.2 



20.5 



19.2 



19.5 



19.7 



21 



19.5 



19.5 



20 

 19.2 



20 



