Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico — John Shaqi
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoKlaas, Erwin E.
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Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Klaas, Erwin E.
Birds -- Yucatan Peninsula
Specimens (9): [Female], 40472, ova to 3 mm., 45.4 gm. (July 8),
[Male], 40468, testis 10 × 5 mm., 50.0 gm (July 8), [Male], 40469,
testis 10 × 5 mm., 65.5 gm. (July 8), [Female], 40470, ova to 3
mm., 51.6 gm. (July 8) and [Male], 40471, testis 9 × 5 mm., 57.5
gm. (July 8), all from the vicinity of Puerto Real Isla del Carmen;
[Female], 40467, 57.7 gm., (July 10), 5 km. S Chapotón; [Male],
40473, testis 8 × 5 mm., 53.0 gm. (July 17), 1 km. N, 13 km. W
Escárcega; [Female], 40465, ova to 21 mm., 51.8 gm. (July 28);
Pueblo Nuevo X-can; [Male], 40466, testis 8 × 4 mm., 46.6 gm.
(August 16), 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
_Claravis pretiosa_ (Ferrari-Perez): Blue Ground Dove.--This species
was seen only at Pueblo Nuevo X-can where a breeding pair was taken on
July 29; this record extends the known breeding season by one month
(see Paynter, 1955b).
Specimens (2): [Male], 40475, testis 10 × 5 mm., 65.0 gm. (July
29), and [Female], 40474, ova to 9 mm., 68.3 gm. (July 29), Pueblo
Nuevo X-can.
_Leptotila verreauxi fulviventris_ Lawrence: White-fronted Dove.--My
only records of this species are the two specimens listed below. Both
birds had slightly enlarged ovaries and the one from west of Escárcega
was molting. Paynter (1955a) recorded breeding from late January to
late April.
Specimens (2): [Female], 40476, ova to 2 mm., molting--5th and 6th
primaries ensheathed (July 14), 7-1/2 km. W Escárcega; [Female],
40477, ovary 12 × 5 mm., 162 gm. (August 14), 4 km. NNE Felipe
Carrillo Puerto.
_Leptotila jamaicencis gaumeri_ (Lawrence): Caribbean Dove.--Two were
collected on Isla Cozumel and the several white-fronted doves seen on
Isla Mujeres probably were of this species.
Specimens (2): [Male], 40478, testis 9 × 5 mm., 175 gm.,
molting--4th primaries ensheathed (August 9), and [Female], 40479,
imm., 116.7 gm., molting--2nd primaries ensheathed (August 10),
3-1/2 km. N San Miguel.
_Oreopeleia montana montana_ (Linnaeus): Ruddy Quail-dove.--My only
record is of a male, in full breeding condition, which extends the
known breeding period almost two months.
Specimen (1): [Male], 40480, testis 19 × 8 mm., 144.7 gm. (July
29), Pueblo Nuevo X-can.
_Artinga astec astec_ (Souancé): Aztec Parakeet.--This species was most
common in deciduous forest and scrub at Champotón, Pisté, Puerto
Juarez, and especially Felipe Carrillo Puerto. Parakeets were extremely
wary and only two were collected.
Specimens (2): [Male], 40481, testis 3 × 2 mm., 75.0 gm.,
molting--extensive body molt, 8th primaries ensheathed, middle pair
of rectrices are new (August 16), and [Female], 40482, ovary
inactive, 72.4 gm. (August 16), 4 km. NNE Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
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