o47: Cerritos, March 26-29, 1946; 
Records.--San Joed, February 28, 1946, April 4, 1947: i 
Chiquimulilla, March 26, 1946; Tiquisate, April 9-12, 1946; Los Arcos, Escuintla, 
1947. 
March 22, 1947: Finca Valle-Lirios, Escuintla, March 23, 
ae literature this species has been recorded from: Retalhuleu (Salvin and 
Godman); Petén, Los Amates, Yeabal, Virginia Plantation near Puerto Barrios (Ridgway); 
Secanquin, Chimoxdn, Finca Cham, Chipoc (Griscon). 
Habits and Hunting.<Like the several preceding species, this ground dove is too small 
to be considered a game bird. 
92. Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Peres) 

Blue Ground Dove 
Other Names.-- 
Guatemalan: tortola agsuleja, tortolita azul, tortola splomada 
English : blue dove 
d local summer resident or 
Status.--The blue ground dove is apparently an uncommon an 
visitant. It may be resident throughout the year on the Caribbean slope of Guatemala, 
Records in El Salvador indicate that it is common from January through June, 
but absent for the remainder of the year. 
Description.--Slightly larger than the Inca dove but with a shorter tail; the male bluish. 
Adult male.--Body bluish gray, whitish on forehead, back dark bluish gray, 
wings with black markings, wing lining pale bluish gray; middle tail feathers dark gray, 
others black; bill greenish, feet and legs pink; iris yellowish. 
Adult female.--Buffy brown above, grayish on forehead; wing markings chestnut; 
middle tail feathers brown, unéer tail coverts russet; chin and throat white; foreneck 
and breast pale brown, underparts even paler posteriorly; middle tail feathers chestnut, 
outer blackish. 
Measurements.— 
Male (36) Female (23) 
Wing, 107.5 - 118 (112.3) Wing, 104 - 118 (110.9) 
Tail, 70 - 82.5 (76.2) Tail, 71 - 80.5 (75.1) 
Tarsus, 16.5 - 19.5 (18.1) Tarsus, 16 - 22 (18.2) 
Exposed culmen, 12.5 - 15.5 (14) Exposed culmen, 12.5 - 14.5 (13.8 
General Distribution.--Southeastern México from southern Tamaulipas southward over the 
Caribbean rain forest area of Central America to Nicaragua, thence south over both eastern 
and weatern slopes to Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina (Tucumén), Paraguay, and southern 
Brazil. 
Distribution in Guatemala.--Chiefly in the Tropical Zone forests of the Caribbean drainage, 
ranging to 1,500 feet; also recorded at two localities on the Pacific coastal plain. 
Records.--Tiquisate, April 12 and 13, 19463 Ia Tinta, Alta Verapaz, May 15, 1947; Panzés, 
May 18, 1947. 
In literature this species has been recorded from: “sources of the RL{o de la 
Pasién," Yzabal, Choctum, Retalhuleu (Salvin and Godman); los Amates (Dearborn); Finca 
Chamé, Chimoxén (Griscom); Uaxacttén (Van Tyne). 
Habits and Hunting.--The blue ground dove is usually observed in or near woodland, but in 
some localities is found in brushy country. 
It is too scarce, as well as too small, to be considered a game bird. 
93. Claravis mondetoura salvini Griscom. 

Mondétour's Ground Dove 
Other Names.— 
None known. 
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