BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Genus: MELOPELIA. Bonap. 

 MEL OPEL I A : BONAP., COA'SP., II. p. Si, 1854. 



. MELOPELIA LEUCOPTERA. {Linn.) 



Cohimba leucoptera. Linn., Syst. Nat, I. p. 164 (1758). — Gra., 



Syst. Nat., I. p. 773 (1788). 

 Zenaida leucoptera. " Gray, Gen. Bds." 

 Turtur leucopterus. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 304 (1847). 

 Melopelia leucoptera. Bp., Corisp. A v., II. p. Si (1-854). — Bd., Bds. 



N. Am., p. 603 (1S5S). — Coop., Orn. Cal., I. p. 515 (1870).— 



Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., N. Am. Bds., III. p. 376 (1874). — Coues, 



Key N. Am. Bds., p. 569 (1884). 

 " Colmnba trudeaui. Aud., Bds. Am., VII. p. 352 (1843)." 



Sp. Char., Male. — General color, ashy, showing an olive tinge 

 on the upper surface; primaries and secondaries, brownish black; 

 beneath, pale ash ; sides and abdomen showing a bluish tinge ; lower 

 portion of abdomen, white ; a tinge of purple on the occiput ; a spot 

 of steel blue-black under the ears; a large patch of white on the 

 wings, extending over the lower coverts from the carpus to the 

 secondaries; a faint golden purple reflection on the neck and throat. 

 The female is similar to the male, but lacks the tinge of golden 

 on the throat, which shows but slightly, if at all. 



Length 11.25; wing 6.25; tail 4.25; tarsus .80. 



A single specimen of this species was taken at Puerto Plata 

 in January. The measurements are as follows: — 



No. Date. Sex. Mus. Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



4425 Jan. 2,1883. $ C. B. C. j ^^Domingo. } II,2 5 ^5 4-5 -So 



