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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Columbigallina passerina var. bahamensis Dubois, Synopsis Avium., ii, 1902, 764. 



Chiemepelia passerina bahamensis Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 391 (geog. 

 range), 416 (Blue Hills, New Providence I. ; crit.); viii, 1913, 568 (monogr.).— 

 Worthington, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 450 (New Providence, Cat, 

 Watling, Andros, and Abaco islands). 



ColurrMgallina bermudiana Bangs and Bradlee, Auk, xviii, July, 1901, 250 

 (Hamilton, Bermuda; coll. Mus. Comp. Zool.).— Vehrill, Osprey, v, 1901, 

 174, in text (crit.). 



Columbigallina passerina var. bermudiana Dubois, Synopsis Avium, ii, 1902, 764. 



Columbigallina passerina bermudiana American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, xix, 1902, 318 (Bermudas). — Chapman, Color Key N. Am- 

 Birds, 1903, 126, 268 (descr.).— Bowditch, Am. Nat., xxxviii, 1904, 557 (Ber. 

 mudas; habits). — Reed, North Am. Birds' Eggs, 1904, 150 (nesting). 



Chamxpelia bermudiana Lowe, Ibis, Jan., 1908, 113 (crit., etc.). 



Chgemepelia passerina bermudiana American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 

 Auk, xxvi, July, 1909, 297 (crit.); Check List, 3rd ed., 1910, 150.— Chapman, 

 Handb. Birds E. North Am., 1912, 285 (reprint of orig. descr.). 



CttffiMEPELIA PASSERINA EXIGUA (Riley). 



INAGUA GROUND DOVE. 



Similar to C. p. bahamensis but decidedly smaller, coloration still 

 paler, and bill always ( ?) wholly blackish. 



Admit male. — Length (skins), 142-147 (144); wing, 76-82 (78.6); 

 tail, 51-55 (52.5); exposed culmen, 10.5-11.5 (10.9); tarsus, 14.5- 

 15.5 (15).° 



Adult female.— Length (skin), 148; 5 wing, 77-83 (78.6); tail, 51- 

 58 (53.1); exposed culmen, 10-11 (10.7); tarsus, 14.5-15.5 (15). c 



Islands of Inagua, southern Bahamas, and Mona, near Porto Rico. 



Columbigallina passerina (not Columba passerina Linnaeus) Cory, Cat. West 

 Ind. Birds, 1892, 97, part (Great Inagua I., Bahamas; Mona I., near Porto 

 Rico). — Bowdish, Auk, xix, 1902, 361, part (Mona I.; nesting habits). 



Columbigallina passerina exigua Riley, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxix, no. 1418, 

 Sept. 30, 1905, 171 (Mona Island, near Porto Rico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Chamxpelia exigua Lowe, Ibis, 1908, 114 (crit., etc.). 



Chiemepelia passerina exigua Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, Oct., 1911, 391, 

 392 (geog. range), 417 (Great Inagua I.; crit.); viii, 1913, 571 (monogr.).— 

 Worthington, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 403, 450 (Great Inagua). 



