BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



COLUMBIDiE. 



Subfamily, GOURINyE. 



Genus: CHAM^EPELIA. Swainson. 



CHAMsEPELIA : SWAINSON, ZOOL. JOURX., HI. p. 361, 1S27. 



CHAM/EPELIA PASSERINA. {Linn.) 



Columba passerina. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 285 (1766). — Gm., Syst. 

 Nat., I. p. 787 (17S8). — Wils., Am. Orn., IV. p. 15, pi. xlvi. 

 ( 1 S 1 1 ). — Nutt, Man. Orn., I. p. 635 (1S32). — Aud., Orn. Biog., 

 II. p. 471 (i334); V. p. 558, pi. clxxxii (1839). 



" ChcEmepelia passerina. S\v., Zool. Journ., III. p. 358 (1827)." 



ChamcBpelia passerina. Bp., List, p. 41 (1S38). — Gosse, Bds. Jam., 

 p. 311 (1847). — Bel., Bds. N. Am., p. 606 (1858). — Salle, 

 P. Z. S., 1S57, p. 236. — Lawr., Ann. Lye, IX. p. 134. — Scl., 

 P. Z. S., 1S59, p. 391.— Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, 

 XI. p. 96 (1866). — GundL, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., Tomo 

 VII. p. 349 (1S7S). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 139 (1S80); 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 154 (188 1). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, grayish olive, showing a bluish tinge 

 upon the nape and crown ; underparts, reddish purple, becoming 

 ashy on the sides ; under wing coverts and quills showing reddish 

 brown, the latter margined and tipped with dark brown ; middle 



