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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 65 



Table— Measurements of 12 subspecies of white -winged doves 

 [In millimeters] 



Subspecies Number Standard Standard Mean ± Confi- 



and sex in sample Range deviation error dence limits .05 



Wing measurements: 



asiatica: 



males 



32 



151.0-164.0 



2.93 



0.52 



157.3 



± 



1.1 





20 



146.0-158.9 



3.13 



0.70 



153.5 



± 



1.5 



peninsulae: 

















males 



14 



148.5-156.3 



2.75 



0.76 



151.5 



± 



1.6 





18 



143.0-155.0 



3.80 



0.90 



148.6 



± 



1.9 



australis: 



















10 



154.0-161.0 



2.08 



0.66 



158.5 



± 



1.5 





11 



150.8-158.2 



2.59 



0.78 



154.1 



± 



1.7 



grandis: 

















males 



10 



166.0-175.0 



2.90 



0.92 



172.0 



± 



2.1 





5 



162.0-164.9 



1.37 



0.61 



163.5 



± 



1.7 



monticola: 

















males 



44 



161.3-177.0 



3.41 



0.51 



167.2 



± 



1.0 





22 



156.0-171.0 



4.12 



0.85 



162.8 



± 



1.8 



alticola: 



















8 



164.5-173.0 



2.70 



0.95 



167.9 



± 



2.3 



females 



6 



153.0-162.0 



3.83 



1.56 



156.7 



± 



4.0 



mearnsi: 

















males 



38 



155.0-170.4 



3.08 



0.50 



161.6 





1.0 



females 



27 



148.0-164.0 



3.65 



0.70 



157.9 





1.4 



palustris: 

















males 





1 KO n 1 CO A 



lOo.U— loy.u 



4./4 



U.OO 



100.4 





1 9 

 1.4 





. 20 



153.5-166.0 



0.74 



0.74 



159.5 



± 



1.6 



insularis: 

















males 



9 



163.0-176.0 



4.33 



1.44 



170.3 



± 



3.3 





4 



161.8 165.0 



1.45 



0.73 



163.3 



± 



2.3 



collina: 

















males 



52 



158.0-169.9 



2.38 



0.33 



162.6 



± 



0.7 





. 22 



151.0-165.6 



3.65 



0.78 



157.4 



± 



1.6 



panatnensis: 

















males 



9 



150.5-158.0 



2.58 



0.86 



154.8 



± 



2.0 



females 



2 



150.0-151.5 



1.06 



0.75 



150.8 





— 



meloda: 



















1 1 

 1 1 



101. 0—i /D.O 





1.40 



108. o 



-+■ 



4.0 





10 



159.4—169.0 



3.86 



1.22 



164.5 





2.8 



"ail measurements: 

















asiatica: 



















32 



100.7-115.0 



3.30 



0.58 



108.8 



+ 



1.2 



females 



20 



101.0-112.6 



2.68 



0.60 



107.2 





1.2 



peninsulae: 



















14 



97.1-108.0 



2.72 



0.72 



103.5 



± 



1.5 



females 



18 



93.0-104.0 



3.22 



0.76 



99.6 





1.6 



australis: 

















males 



10 



108.0-114.0 



2.43 



0.77 



111.3 





1.7 





11 



103.0-112.0 



2.29 



0.69 



106.2 





1.5 



grandis: 

















males 



9 



120.5-133.0 



3.60 



1.2 



126.6 



± 



2.8 



females 



5 



112.9-121.3 



3.87 



1.7 



116.5 





4.7 



monticola: 

















males 



44 



114.0-127.5 



3.52 



0.55 



120.4 





1.1 





. 22 



111.0-124.4 



3.67 



0.71 



116.2 





1.5 



alticola: 

















males 



8 



116.6-129.5 



3.89 



1.37 



122.0 





3.3 





6 



104.0-113.3 



3.58 



1.46 



109.9 





3.8 



