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_, 11-1/2, 18-1/8. _Female_, 10-1/2.
Florida Keys during summer only. Common.
Columba Zenaida, Bonap. Syn. p. 119.
Zenaida Dove, Columba Zenaida, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p.
Zenaida Dove, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 625.
Zenaida Dove, Columba Zenaida, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 354;
v. v. p. 558.