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rectricibus medianis brunneis, reliquis schistaceis apicem versus nigris; pileo postico colloque pulchre 
canis; fronte et facie laterali conspicue pallidicribus; mento albido; corpore reliquo subtus clare 
lilascenti-vinaceo, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus fuscescentioribus, his albido limbatis et cano lavatis’; 
abdomine imo albido; subalaribus, axillaribus et remigibus intus cinnamomeis: rostro brunneo; pedibus 
carneis ; iride violaceo-rubra. Long. tota circa 5:5, alee 3:05, caude 2:0, culm. 0-45, tarsi 0-6. (Deser. 
maris adulti ex Retalhuleu. Mus. nostr.) 
© mari similis, sed magis brunnescens, pileo colloque dorso concoloribus; corpore subtus brunnescente, 
gutture et pectore vix vinaceo lavatis ; abdomine toto albo. Long. tota circa 5-4, ale 3:1. (Deser. 
feminee adults ex Atoyac. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz (Mrs. H. H. Smith*); Guaremaua, Retalhuleu 
(Richardson); Panama (M‘Leannan ® °, Arcé *)—Gutana?; Braziu?; Paraguay? ; 
Peru °. 
We notice certain differences of colour in a series of these birds from our region, and 
the male described is more pearly grey on the forehead, lores, and region of the eye 
than in South-American examples. Most of the specimens in the British Museum 
have the sides of the face vinous, but we observe that one from Peru has a grey face. 
A bird from Panama, obtained by Arcé, is remarkably dark in colour, but as it has a 
brown patch on the nape, following the grey crown, it may not be fully adult, though 
the underparts are of a rich vinous colour. It is probable that the plumage of 
C. minuta varies in intensity with locality in the same way as in C. passerina. 
This little Dove has the under surface of the wing cinnamon or pale chestnut, as in 
C. passerina, but the breast is uniformly coloured and not scaly in appearance. 
In habits this species resembles the other members of the genus. 
4, Chamepelia rufipennis. 
Talpacotia rufipennis, Bp. Consp. Av. il. p. 79 (ex Gray in Mus. Brit.) (1854) *. 
Chamepelia rufipennis, Gray, List Columbe Brit. Mus. p. 51 (1856)*; Moore, P. Z. 8S. 1859, 
p- 61°; Scl. P. ZS. 1859, p. 869°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223°; P. Z. S. 1864, 
p. 370°; 1870, p. 838°; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 227°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. vii. p. 301°; 
viii. p. 178"; ix. pp. 189", 207%; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 159; 1870, p. 217 "4; Ibis, 
1889, p. 878”; v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 372"; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. i. 
p-105*"; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1878, p. 43°; 1883, p.459; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 231%; 
Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 487%; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. 
no. 339, p. 9”. 
Peristera rufipennis, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Columbe, p. 136”. 
Columbigallina rufipennis, Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus, vill. p. 581”; x. p.584” 5 Zeledon, An. 
Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127; Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 204°°; Chapman, Bull. 
Amer. Mus. N. H. viii. p. 287%"; Bangs, Pr. N. Engl. Zool. Club, ii. pp. 15, 358 °°; Auk, 
1901, p. 25°. 
Chamepelia talpacoti rufipennis, Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 408”. 
Columbigallina rufipennis eluta, Bangs, Auk, 1901, pp. 257, 258™. 
Supra cinnamomea, capite suramo et cervice postica einereis ; fronte dilutiore ; secundariis internis, tectricibus 
alarum interioribus in pogonio externo plaga obliqua subterminali chalybeo-nigra notatis : subtus vinaceo- 
cinnamomea, gula albicantiore; remigibus cinnamomeis, fusco terminatis; subalaribus nigris; cauda 
