BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



129 



coverts, bluish ; tail-feathers, with the exception of the central 

 ones, bluish, with a black band about an inch from the tip ; a 

 slight streak of metallic blue below the ear; quills, dark brown; 

 secondaries, tipped with white ; feet, red. 



Length 10; wing 6; tail 4.50; tarsus .So; bill .55. 



This handsome Dove is resident in San Domingo, but is 

 seldom seen, owing to its solitary disposition. Incubation com- 

 mences in May. A nest of this species, taken in the Bahama 

 Islands, was composed of loose sticks placed in the crotch of a 

 fallen tree about three feet from the ground, and contained two 

 white eggs. Dr. Bryant, who found it breeding in the Bahamas, 

 states that all nests found by him were placed in holes in the 

 rocks. 



No. 



Datf 





Sex. 



Mus. 



Locality. 



Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



4426 



Jan. 4, 



1883. 



s 



C. B. C. - 



f Puerto Plata, 

 |_ San Domingo. 



} - 



6. 



4-5° 



.80 



3229 



Feb. 1, 



1883. 



s 



C. B. C. j 



I Magna, 

 I San Domingo. 



} >° 



6. 



4-5° 



.80 



3292 



Feb. 1, 



1883. 



s 



C. B. C. < 



' Magna, 

 ! San Domingo. 



} « 



6.10 



4-5° 



.80 



3290 



Feb. 1, 



1883. 



? 



C. B. C. j 



Magna, 

 _ San Domingo. 



} 9-75 



5-9° 



4-5° 



.80 



Genus : ZENAIDURA. Bonap. 

 ZENAIDURA: "BONAPARTE, CO-VSP., II. 1854." 



ZENAIDURA CAROLINENSIS. (Linn.) 



Columba carolinensis. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 2S6 (1766). — Gm., 

 Syst. Nat, I. p. 787 (1 788). — Wils., Am. Orn., V. p. 91, 

 pi. xciii. Fig. 1 (18 12). 



