382 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Costa Rica).— Field, Auk, xi, 1894, 123 (Jamaica).— Cherrie, Contr. Orn. 

 San Dom., 1896, 24— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., viii, 1896, 287 

 (Chichen-Itza, Yucatan; habits; voice).— Beyer, Proc. La. Soc. Nat. for 

 1897-99 (1900), 98 (Grand Isle, Louisiana, May, 1894, and Aug., 1895).— 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1902, 245, part (Matamoros 

 and Tampico, Tamaulipas; Juchitan, Juchatengo, Tapana, Tehuantepec, 

 and La Parada, Oaxaca; Chichen-Itza, Merida, Izamal, Mugeres I., and 

 Cozumel I., Yucatan; San Jose Solola, Volcan de Agua, Duefias, and San 

 Geronimo, Guatemala; Omoa, San Pedro, and Comayagua, Honduras; La 

 Libertad, Salvador; Omotepe, Sucuya, and San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua; 

 San Jose, San Mateo, La Palma de Nicoya, San Lucas, Bebedero, Bagaces, 

 and Miravalles, Costa Rica; Jamaica). — Dearborn, Pub. 125, Field. Mus. 

 N. H., 1907, 79 (El Rancho and near Tecpam, Guatemala). — Beyer, Allison, 

 and Kopman, Auk, xxv, 1908, 440 (Grand Isle, Louisiana, May, 1904, and 

 Aug., 1895).— Verrill (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 

 357 (Santo Domingo). — McAtee, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 274 (Venice, Louisiana, 

 1 pair, Nov. 20, 1910). 



M[elopelia~\ leueoptera Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 114. — Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 569, part. — Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 

 1887, 214, part. 



M[elopeleia] Uucoptera Reichenbach, Vollst. Naturg., Columbariae, i, 1861, 22, 

 pi. 254 (clix), fig. 1417, pi. 255, fig. 2869, part (Jamaica; Texas); ii, 1862, 164 



[Melopeleia] leueoptera Coues, Key to N. Am. Birds, 1872, 226, part. 



Melopeleia leueoptera Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 373, part. 



Chamaepelia leueoptera Giebel, Thes. Orn., i, 1872, 634, part. 



Colwmba aurita (not of Temminck, 1808-11) Temminck, Hist. Nat. Pig. etGallin.,i, 

 1813, 247, 467, part. 



Melopelia asiatica australis Peters, Auk, xxx, July, 1913, 372, footnote (Cerro de 

 Santa Maria, Costa Rica; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). 



Colwmba trudeauii Audubon, Birds Am., oct. ed., vii, 1844, 352, pi. 496 (Texas)." — 

 Cabot, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1844, 183 (Yucatan). 



[Zenaida] trudeaui Reichenbach, Syn. Av. Novit. Columbariae, 1851, fig. 2869. 



Melopelia asiatica trudeaui Mearns, Auk, xxviii, Oct., 1911, 490, in text, part. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xxix, 1912, 381, part. — 

 Peters, Auk, xxx, 1913, 372 (Camp Mengel, Quintana Roo; crit.). 



MELOPELIA ASIATICA MEARNSI Ridgway. 

 WESTERN WHITE-WINGED DOVE. 



Similar to M. a. asiatica but averaging decidedly larger and colora- 

 tion paler and grayer, the foreneck and chest light drab to hair brown 

 instead of fawn color, the back, etc., hair brown to deep drab. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 274-313 (286); wing, 152-171.5 (164.3); 

 tail, 101.5-121.5 (114.7); exposed culmen, 18.5-23.5 (22.5); tarsus, 

 23.5-26.5 (25.5); middle toe, 24-27.5 (26.2) .» 



a The precise locality was unknown to Audubon; but since both his description 

 and colored plate agree better with the smaller, more deeply colored Eastern form, 

 the type almost certainly came from the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 



6 Thirty specimens. 



