Forehead grayish white or pale bluish . 
éray; cheeks, lower throat, foreneck 
and chest vinaceous buff, blending to white on upper throat andi chin, pinkish on brent 
white on lower abdomen; upperparts plain olive brown, the upper back sometimes faintly 
glossed with purple in male; wing with axillars and under coverts cinnamon red; tail with 
middle feathers brown, others darker toward tips, the thr 
PV: Madk, loca ond feat ved. pe, ee outer pairs tipped with white; 
Measurement 8.== 
Male (16) Female (7) 
Wing, 129 = 145 (137.8) Wing, 128 - 144 (133.6) 
Tail, 84 -~ 98 (89.8) Tail, 81 - 96 (87.3) 
Tarsus, 27 - 32 (30) Tarsus, 27.5 - 31 (29.6) 
Exposed culmen, 15 ~- 17.5 (16) Exposed culmen, 14.5 - 18 (15.5) 
General aga i RA a ci México from southern Tamauli 
é pas, south over Belice (British 
Honduras), eastern Guatemala, Caribbean slopes of Honduras and Ricaragua and the west jee. 
of Costa Rica. 
stributi Guat e~-Tropical rain forests of the Caribbean drainage. 
Records.—-Pansée, May 16-18, 1947. 
In literature thie species has been recorded from: Vera Paz (Sclater and 
Salvin, 1868, 59); Choctum (Salvin and Godman); Los Amates (Dearborn); Chuntuguf, 
Sacchich (Van Tynes). 
Habits and Hunting.—-This forest dwelling dove is large enough, but apparently is too scarce 
to be a good game bird. 
97. lLeptotila caesini cervinventris (Sclater and Salvin) 
Vinaceous-breasted Dove 
Guatemalan: paloma morada 
‘ Status.--The vinaceous-breasted dove is reported to be a fairly common, though often local, 
resident within ite range. 
Description.--Slightly smaller than the white-fronted dove; sexes fairly similar. Above 
olive brown, forehead whitish to pale gray, purplish cast to gray hindneck; wing lining 
cinnamon; the outermost tail feathers black at ends with white tips; chin and throat white, 
neck and upper breast pale purplish to bluish gray, belly with vinaceous cast, lower 
abdomen white; iris yellowish, skin around eye red, bill black, legs and feet red. 
Measurements.-- 
Male (24) Female (21) 
Wing, 126 - 139 (132.2) Wing, 124.5 = 138 (130.8) 
Tail, 77 - 96 (86.7) Tail, 72 = 99 (84.5) 
Tarsus, 29 - 34 (31.2) Tarsus, 29 = 32 (31) 
Exposed culmen, 13.5 - 16 (15) Exposed culmen, 13.5 - 16.5 (15.1) 
General Distribution.-~Caribbean lowlands of Guatemala south through Belice (British 
Honduras), Honduras, and Nicaragua to northwestern Costa Rica on the west and to the 
Chiriqui Lagoon, Pananf, on the east. 
Distribution in Guatemala.--Tropical Zone forests of the Caribbean drainage. 
Records.--This species was not observed during the survey. 
In literature it has been recorded from: Vera Paz (Sclater and Salvin, 
1868, 59); Choctum (Salvin and Godman); Secanquim, and Finca Chama (Griscom). 
bits and Hunting.—-This large ground dove is reported to be sufficiently common in some 
localities to be of significance as a game bird. There is no information to indicate the 
extent to which it is utilized. 
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