122 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



318. LeptotUa fulviventris brachyptera (Salvadori). 



White-fronted Dove. 



Leptoptila brachyptera Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. XXI. 



1893, p. 545- 

 Leptotila fulviventris brachyptera A. O. U. Check-List, 7th 

 Suppl. Auk, XII, April, 1895, 167. 



[B— C— , R463, CS42.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas, and 

 southward to Nicaragua. 



Genus MELOFELIA Bonaparte. 



Melopelia Bonap. Consp. Av. II. Dec. 1854, 81. Type, Columba 

 leucoptera Linn. 



319. Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.). 



White-winged Dove. 



Columba leucoptera Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 164. 

 Melopelia leucoptera Bona?. Consp. Av. II. Dec. 1854, 81. 

 [B 450, C 373, R 464, C 546.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Southern border of the United States, from Florida, 

 Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Lower California, southward to 

 Costa Rica and the West Indies ; Cuba ; Jamaica ; straggles north- 

 ward to Colorado. Breeding range, in the United States, southern 

 Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. 



Genus COLUMBIGALLINA Boie. 



Columbigallina Boie, Isis, 1826,977. Type, Columba passerina 

 Linn. 



820. Columbigallina passerina terrestris Chafm. 



Ground Dove. 



Columba passerina Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, I. 1758, 165. 

 Columbigallina passerina terrestris Chapman, Bull Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist, IV, 1892, 292. 



[B 4S3» C 374, R 46s, C S47-] 

 Geog. Dist. — South Atlantic and Gulf States ; West Indies and 

 northern South America. Breeding, in the United States, from 

 South Carolina to Louisiana, chiefly coastwise. 



