240 COLUMBIDZ. 
albicantiore; abdomine et hypochondriis magis cinnamomeis; alis cinnamomeo-brunneis intus pure 
cinnamomeis; cauda dorso fere concolore: rostro nigro; pedibus carneis. Long. tota circa 13:0, ale 6:8, 
caude rectr. med. 5°8, rectr. lat. 4°5, rostri a rictu 0°8, tarsi 0°85. (Descr. femine ex San J osé, Costa 
Rica. Smiths. Inst. No. 34937. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Costa Rica, Dota Mts.12, San José%, Barranca® (Carmiol), San Antonio 
(v. Frantzius?), Volcan de Irazu4, Candelaria*® (Boucard), Las Trojas, Naranjo 
de Cartago (Zeledon®), Azahar de Cartago, Sarchi de Grecia (Underwood, in litt.) ; 
Panama, Boquete (Brown 1), Volcan de Chiriqui®, Calovevora® (Arcé), Punta de 
Sabana (Festa !°)—CotomBiaA®; Ecuapor®; VENEZUELA °. 
C. subvinacea resembles C. nigrirostris in having the inner webs of the quills 
constantly tinged with rufous-cinnamon, but may be distinguished by the vinaceous- 
cinnamon colour of the back and wings. In some specimens traces of light spots on 
the lower part of the back of the neck can be detected °. 
This Pigeon is an inhabitant of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, and extends to 
Panama and Costa Rica. It is not uncommon in the southern part of our region. 
Nothing has been recorded of its habits. 
Subfam. ECTOPISTINA. 
In this subfamily the tail is elongated and exceeds the wing in length, and the 
rectrices are gradually pointed towards the ends. As in the Columbine, the tarsus is 
shorter than the lateral toes. 
Only one genus is known. 
ECTOPISTES. 
Ectopistes, Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 362 (1827) ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 369 
(1893). 
The characters for the genus are the same as those of the subfamily, the long 
attenuated tail being the chief distinguishing feature. It contains only one species, 
the well-known Passenger-Pigeon. 
1. Ectopistes migratorius. 
Columba migratoria, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 285° 
Ectopistes migratoria, Sw. Zool. Journ. iii. p. 362’; Baird, Brewer, & Ridgw. N. Am. Birds, iii. 
p- 868°; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. 1. p. 104°; Sanchez & Villada, La Nat. ii. p. 253°, 
Ectopistes migratorius, Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 185°, 327"; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, 
p- 182, t.4. fig. 6°; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Xxil. p. 869°; A.O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. 
Birds, 2nd ed. p. 120”. 
Supra pulchre schistaceus ; tectricibus alarum quoque schistaceis, harum vero intimis cum scapularibus et 
secundariis intimis brunneis, maculis nigris variegatis ; collo postico et laterali roseo-cupreo, sub certa luce 
viridescente ornatis ; interscapulio quoque eodem modo iridescente ; ala spuria, tectricibus primariorum 
et remigibus nigris, primariis externe albo, basin versus pogonii externi cinereo, marginatis; uropygio et 
supracaudalibus paullo brunnescentioribus; rectricibus duabus medianis nigricantibus, reliquis pulchre 
