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SanGeronimo, Betalhuleu, Barranca Honda, Toliman, and Panajachel, Gua- 

 temala; La Libertad, Salvador; Chinandega and Volcan de Chinandega, Nica- 

 ragua).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1902, 257 (localities 

 cited under Salvadori). 



[Leptoptila] brachyptera Forbes and Bobinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus., ii, 1900, 

 144 (Mexico; Honduras). 



Leptotilafulviventris brachyptera American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 2d ed., 1895, no. 318; 3rd ed., 1910, 149— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 x, 1898, 35 (Jalapa, Vera Cruz).— Miller (W. De W.), Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., 

 xxi, 1905, 343 (Escuinapa, etc., Sinaloa).— Dearborn, Pub. 125, Field 

 Mus. N. H., 1907, 79 (Los Amates, Lake Amatitlan, Lake Atitlan, near Tec- 

 pam, Patulul, and San Jose, Guatemala). — Phillips, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 75 

 (Bio de la Cruz, Tamaulipas). 



L[eptotila]fulviventris brachyptera Bidgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 214. 



Leptotilafulviventris brachytera American Ornithologists' Union Committee, 

 Auk, xii, April, 1895, 167. 



[Leptotila]fulviventris (not of Lawrence) Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 86. 



LEPTOTILA FULVTVENTRIS CAPITALIS (Nelson). 



TRES MARIAS DOVE. 



Similar to L. f. brachyptera but under parts much paler (the fore- 

 neck and chest pinkish pale ecru-drab instead of dull light vinaceous- 

 fawn color to pale brownish drab), back, etc., more brownish (than 

 in Mexican specimens of L.f. brachyptera), and averaging larger. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 280-301 (292); wing, 150-153 (151.9); 

 tail, 101.5-109 (105.7); exposed culmen, 17-18 (17.6); tarsus, 31-33 

 (31.8); middle toe, 23-25 (24.2). a 



Adult female.— -Length (skins), 275-290 (283); wing, 147-151 

 (149.3); tail, 99-106 (103); exposed culmen, 17.5-18.5 (18.2); tarsus, 

 30^-31 (30.3); middle toe, 24-25.5 (24.8). 6 



Tres Marias Islands (Maria Madre Island), western Mexico. 



Leptoptila albifrons (not of Bonaparte, 1854) Lawrence, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 



xiv, 1871, 274 (Tres Marias Islands); Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., ii, 1874, 305, 



part (Tres Marias; habits). 

 Leptoptila brachyptera (not of Salvadori ex Peristera brachyptera Gray) Salvador!, 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxi, 1893, 545, part (Tres Marias; crit.). 

 Leptotila capitalis Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, Jan. 27, 1898, 6 (Maria 



Madre Island, Tres Marias group, w. Mexico; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 [Leptoptila] capitalis Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 86. 

 Leptoptila capitalis Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1902, 259 



(Tres Marias). 

 [Leptoptila] brachyptera subsp. capitalis Forbes and Bobinson, Bull. Liverp. 



Mus., ii, 1900, 144 (reprint of orig. descr.). 



LEPTOTILA CASSINI CASSINI (Lawrence). 



CASSIN'S DOVE. 



Adult male. — Forehead pale gray to grayish white, passing, through 

 deeper gray (gull gray or light gull gray) on crown, into hair brown, 

 deep drab, or bronze-brown on occiput and nape, the hindneck much 



3 Five specimens. b Three specimens. 



