BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 497 



STARNCENAS CYANOCEPHALA (Linnaeus). 



BLUE-HEADED QTJAIL-DOVE. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Pileum plain grayish blue (nearly parula blue) 

 bordered by a band of black, this broadest from immediately behind 

 the eye around occiput, narrower and less distinct on sides of fore- 

 head; hindneck brownish drab, passing into a more vinaceous hue 

 on posterior sides of neck; rest of upper parts plain deep buffy brown, 

 becoming slightly, olivaceous posteriorly, the distal wing-coverts with 

 indistinct and not sharply defined paler (sometimes slightly cinna- 

 momeous) margins; primary coverts and primaries deep brownish 

 gray (nearest deep mouse gray), the outer webs of the latter narrowly 

 (sometimes indistinctly) edged with pale cinnamon; middle pair of 

 rectrices concolor with upper tail-coverts, etc., the rest of tail much 

 darker, with inner webs more grayish; a broad white stripe, involving 

 the chin and anterior portion of malar region and extending thence 

 beneath lores and eyes across auricular region to sides of nape, where 

 much narrower; beneath this a line of black, growing broader ante- 

 riorly and confluent with a large black area covering throat and fore- 

 neck, ending on median portion of upper chest in a rounded outline 

 bordered with white, the feathers of this white border narrowly 

 tipped with black, those on sides of foreneck (or anterior portion of 

 sides of neck) broadly tipped with grayish blue; chest and upper 

 breast dull vinaceous-lilac medially passing into buffy brownish later- 

 ally and into wood brown on sides and flanks, the lower breast and 

 abdomen more nearly fawn color; under tail-coverts deep buffy 

 brown, or light olive-brown, indistinctly margined terminally with 

 paler; axillars and under wing-coverts mostly light fawn color or cin- 

 namon; bill coral red basaUy, light blue or grayish blue terminally; 

 iris deep or dark brown; legs and feet dull pinkish white or pinkish, 

 the scales of tarsi deeper reddish, the scutella of toes purplish or 

 purplish red. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 288-345 (309); wing, 142-146.5 

 (144.6); tail, 99-107 (101.7); exposed culmen, 13-14.5 (13.7); tarsus, 

 33-35 (34.1); middle toe, 23-24.5 (23.8) . a 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 291-337 (313); wing, 144-147 

 (145.5); tail, 99.5-102.5 (100.8); exposed culmen, 13-14.5 (13.8); 

 tarsus, 31-34 (32.3); middle toe, 23.5-25 (24) . 6 



Cuba (Guantanamo; Bemba; San Diego de los Bafios; Bayate, 

 Santiago de Cuba); Isle of Pines; formerly found in Jamaica (where 



« Five specimens. 6 Three specimens. 



1957°— Bull. 50, pt T— 16 32 



