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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Genus: GEOTRYGON. Gosse. 

 GEOTRYGON: GOSSE, BDS. JAM., p. 316, 1S47. 



GEOTRYGON MONTANA. {Linn.) 



Columba montana. Linn., Syst. Nat., I. p. 2S1 (1766). — Gm., Syst. 



Nat., I. p. 772 (iy88\ — Wagl., Syst. Aw, 1827, p. 75. 

 Pcrisicra molilalia. Gray, Gen. Bds., II. p. 475. 

 Gcotrygon montana. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 320 (1847). — Cab., 



Journ., IV. p. 109 (1856). — Salle, P. Z. S., 1857, p. 235. — 



March, Bds., p. 300 (1863). — Gundl., Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. 



Nat, Tomo VII. p. 348 (1878). 

 Columba (Gcotrygon) montana. Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 



XI. p. 96 (1S66). 



Sft. Char., Male. — Above, purplish brown, becoming light 

 brown on the wings; throat, dull white, becoming pale purple on 

 the breast; belly, pale brown, becoming brownish white on the 

 under tail coverts. 



Sft. Char., Female. — Upper parts, greenish brown; forehead, 

 light brown, the color extending upon the cheeks and sides of the 

 head; breast, chestnut brown. 



Length 9.25; wing 6; tail 3.25; tarsus 1. 



A very abundant resident species, generally to be met with 

 in flocks frequenting large growth. The measurements are as 

 follows : — 



