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8. Columba nigrirostris. 
Columba nigrirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 390'; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 3707; 1867, 
p. 280°; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 206‘; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 217°; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa 
Rica, 1887, p. 127°; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 5947; Salvad. Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. xxi. p 322°; Richmond, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 522°; Bangs, Auk, xviii. 
p. 358°. 
Chlorenas nigrirostris, Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 371 "'; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 455”. 
Chloreenas vinacea, Lawr. (nec Temm.), Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 333. 
Columba ?, Scl. & Salv. 1860, p. 402. 
Supra olivascenti-fusca, purpureo vix tincto, capite et collo postico vinaceo-purpureis ; capitis lateribus et 
corpore toto subtus pallidiore vinaceis, gula albicantiore ; tectricibus subalaribus et remigibus intus 
cinnamomeis : rostto nigro; pedibus carneo-rubidis ; iride vinacea. Long. tota circa 11:0, ale 6:5, caude 
4:2, rostri a rictu 0-9, tarsi 0°9. (Descr. maris ex La Lana, Mexico. Mus, nostr.) 
© mari similis. 
Hab, Mexico, Oaxaca}, La Lana (Bouwcard); British Honpvras, vicinity of Belize 
(Llancaneaux *); GuaTEMALA, hot region of Vera Paz, Choctum+!* (0. 8. & 
F. D. G.); Honvuras, Segovia River (Townsend"); Nicaragua, Rio Escondido 
(Richmond °), Blewfields (Wickham*); Costa Rica (v. Frantzius™), Turrialba 
(Arcé®), Talamanca (Zeledon *), Rio Matina, Naranjo de Cartago, Trojas, Reven- 
tazon, Pozo Pital, Sipurio, Sarchi de Grecia, Juan Vinas, Guayabal (Underwood, 
in litt.); Panama, Divala, Chiriqui (Brown), Bugaba (Arcé5), Lion Hill 
(M‘Leannan § 1%), 
This and the following species belong toa section of the genus Columéa in which the 
plumage is of an almost uniform vinous brown, with scarcely any spots or markings, 
beyond a few reddish ones on the back of the neck, and these are not always visible. 
C. nigrirostris can easily be distinguished by its thick black bill, and by the rufous 
tinge on the inner webs of the quills’. It is confined to Central America, and ranges. 
from Southern Mexico to Panama. 
We found the species in Guatemala only in the hot forest-regions of Vera Paz 4. 
In Nicaragua Mr. Richmond ® states that it is chiefly confined to the forest, and is 
abundant, particularly along streams, where its favourite perch is the Trumpet-tree 
(Cecropia). 
Nothing further seems to have been recorded of the habits of this Pigeon. 
9. Columba subvinacea. 
Chlorenas subvinacea, Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 185; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 317°; v. Frantz. 
J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 871°; Rowley, Orn. Mise. iii. p. 75, t. 91*. 
‘Columba subvinacea, Salv. P. Z. 8S. 1870, p. 217°; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 43°; Scl. & Salv. 
P. Z. S. 1879, p. 5437; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127°; Salvad. 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 326°; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. no. 339, 
p- 9"; Bangs, Pr. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii. p. 23". 
Supra cinnamomea, vinaceo lavata, uropygio vix saturatiore ; capite, cervice et corpore subtus vinaceis, gula 
