283. 2. Columba leucocephala, Linn. White-headed Dove.
Plate CLXXVII. Male and Female.
Upper parts dusky greyish-blue, lower paler; quills and tail-feathers darker; upper part of head white, hind neck dark purplish-brown, lower part and sides green, changing gold-colour, each feather margined with deep black.
Male, 141/4, 231/2. Female, 14.
Florida Keys. Common during summer only.
Columba leucocephala, Bonap. Syn. p. 119.
White-headed Pigeon, Columba leucocephala, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 15.
White-crowned Pigeon, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 625.
White-headed Pigeon, Columba leucocephala, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 443; v. v. p. 557.
284. 3. Columba Zenaida, Bonap. Zenaida Dove.
Plate CLXII. Male and Female.
Wings of moderate length, with the second quill longest; tail rounded, upper parts light yellowish-brown; quills brownish-black, narrowly margined with whitish, seven of the secondaries broadly tipped with white, the inner secondaries and the coverts with a broad black spot on the inner web toward the end; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest greyish-blue, with broad black band toward the end, the extremity bluish-white; lower parts light brownish-red, paler on the throat, and passing into greyish-blue on the sides; lower wing-coverts light blue; a small spot of deep blue immediately behind the eye, a large one of brilliant rich blue a little below, on the side of the neck; and a band of splendent purple over the back and sides of the neck.
Male, 111/2, 181/8. Female, 101/2.