ZENAIDA DOYE. 
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The specimen was 13 inches long. The feet yellow, and the nails 
black. Irids blackish. Back of the neck from the base of the head, 
of a brilliant golden-green ; under part of the neck pale vinaceous 
purple, the vent paler. Tail slightly rounded. 
WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. 
{Columba leucocephala, L. Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. pi. 15. fig. 1, [fe- 
male.] 
Sp. Charact. — Slate-blue ; crown cream-white ; bill red, whitish 
at tip. 
This species, well known as an inhabitant of Mexico 
and the West Indies, is also gregarious, and found in 
great numbers on the rocks of the Florida Keys, where 
they breed in society, and, when first seen in the spring, 
feed principally upon the beach plum, and the berries of 
a kind of palm. From the peculiar selection of their 
breeding-places, they are known, in some of the West 
Indies, particularly Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Porto Ri- 
co, by the name of Rock Pigeons. They likewise abound 
in the Bahama Islands, and form an important article of 
food to the inhabitants ; particularly the young, as they 
become fully grown. 
The length of the White-Crowned Pigeon is about 14 inches, the 
alar extent 23. The bill red at the base, above bluish-white. Feet 
carmine red. Iris orange. Cervical space small, deep purplish, 
changing to violet, surrounded by a larger portion of scaly feathers, 
of a bright green, with bluish and golden reflections. Primaries 
dusky black. Tail even. 
ZENAIDA DOVE. 
( Columba zenaida , Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. pi. 15. fig. 2. [female.]) 
Sp. Charact. — Brownish-ash ; beneath vinaceous ; an amethystine 
spot under each ear ; tail with a black band, 3 lateral feathers 
pearl-grey at tip. 
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