I3§ BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
Dr. Bryant, who found it breeding, says, “ It breeds in commu- 
nities in some places, as at Grassy Key, Andros Island, in vast 
numbers. Here the nests were made on the tops of the prickly 
pear, which covers the whole key ; at the Biminis and Buena Vista 
Key, Ragged Islands, on the mangrove, and at Long Rock, near 
Exuma, on stunted bushes. I do not think they ever select a large 
key for their breeding-place. The eggs are laid by the middle of 
May, and the young leave their nests about the 1st of July, previous 
to which great numbers are killed by the negroes. It is a shy bird, 
when not breeding, even in the most uninhabited localities.” 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. IV. pi. 280. 
ZENAIDA AMABILIS. {Bp.) 
Zenaida Dove. 
Local Name. — Wood Dove. 
Adult Male. — Above, olive-brown; top of the head and under 
parts, pale purplish brown ; sides of the body and under wing- 
coverts, blue ; tail-feathers, with the exception of the central ones, 
bluish, with a black band about an inch from the tip ; slight streak 
of metallic blue below the ear; quills, dark brown; secondaries 
tipped with white ; feet, reddish. 
Length 10.50, wing 6, tail 4, tarsus 1, bill .55. 
