Zenaida Dove, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 625. Zenaida Dove, Columba Zenaida, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 354; v. v. p. 558. 285. 4. Columba montana, Linn. Key-West Dove. Plate CLXVII. Male and Female. Wings of moderate length, with the third quill longest, the outer webs of the outer five quills narrowed in the middle; tail rounded. Upper part brownish-red; upper part of head and hind neck shining with purplish and light green reflections; sides of the neck cream-coloured, changing to lilac, with green, blue, and purple tints behind; back and scapulars also splendent with purplish-red; a broad band from the lower mandible beneath the eye, and the throat white; fore neck and breast pale purple, the rest cream-coloured. _Male_, 11-3/4, 17-1/2. Key West only during summer. Not rare. Columba montana, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 281. Key-West Pigeon, Columba montana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 382. 286. 5. Columba passerina, Linn. Passerine Dove.--Ground Dove. Plate CLXXXII. Male, Female, and Young. Wings of moderate length, with the third quill longest, the first having the outer web narrow at the base, the next four with a contraction toward the end; tail rounded. Male with the forehead, sides of the head, anterior and lateral parts of the neck, breast, and sides, light purplish-red, the central part of the neck-feathers dusky; hind head and neck pale blue, the feathers edged with dark grey; back brownish-grey; primaries and their coverts deep chestnut-red, margined externally, and tipped with dusky; secondary quills and their coverts pale grey, tinged with red; smaller inner secondaries, with their coverts and some of the smaller coverts, with oblong glossy blue spots; lower wing-coverts deep chestnut-red; tail-feathers, except the middle two, blue at the base, bluish-black toward the end. Female paler; the forehead and wing-coverts but slightly tinged with red, the hind neck less blue, and the spots on the wings of smaller extent, and more purple. Young resemble the female, with a tinge of yellow beneath. _Male_, 6-3/4, 11. _Female_, 6-1/4. Throughout the Floridas and their Keys, as well as from Louisiana to North Carolina, including Alabama and Georgia. Pretty abundant. Resident. Columba passerina, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 285. Ground Dove, Columba passerina, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 15. Columba passerina, Bonap. Syn. p. 120. Ground Dove, Columba passerina, Aud. Amer. Ornith. v. ii. p. 471; v. v. p. 558. GENUS II. STARNÆNAS, Bonap. GROUND-DOVE.