ABSTRACT 



Seven new subspecies of Zenaida asiatica are described: Z. a. pen- 

 insulae of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; Z. a. grandis of the upper 

 Big Bend area, central western Texas; Z. a. monticola chiefly of the 

 Mexican interior plateaus and highlands; Z. a. palustris of the central 

 and southern Pacific coastal plains of Mexico; Z. a. insularis of the 

 Tres Marias Islands, Nayarit, Mexico; Z. a. collina of Central America, 

 chiefly on the Pacific Piedmont and coastal plain from the Isthmus 

 of Tehuantepec, Mexico to Costa Rica; and Z. a. panamensis of the 

 northeast coast of the Azuero Peninsula, Panama. 



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