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These birds are undonbtedly distinct from C. p. plumbea Vieill., of Eastern 
Brazil (Bahia to Santa Catharina) and C. p. daeri Hellm., from the state of Goyaz. 
From the former they differ in their mach smaller size, slenderer as well as shorter 
bill, and by having the head, neck, and lower parts bright lilac, while C. p. daeri 
may be recognized by its pearl-grey under sarface, etc. The female from 
Jamarysinho is rather more vinaceous on both head and lower parts than the 
males, agreeing in that respect with a male obtained by Natterer at Kngenho 
do Gama, on the Rio Gaaporé. A second male and a female from the last-named 
locality are again somewhat different, being much paler in coloration, especially 
the female, which appears to agree with the description of C. p. pallescens. 
Some years ago I examined the type of Miss Snethlage’s race and found it 
nearly identical with a bird from Para. 
C. p. pallescens from Amazonia is, however, exceedingly close to C. p. bogotensis 
Berl. & Lev.,* though Colombian specimens seem to be rather larger and to have a 
greyish tinge on the crown. Without large series from different localities it will 
be impossible to arrive at definite conclusions respecting the various races of the 
plumbea group. 
(415. Columbula picui picui (Temm.). 
Columba picui Temminck, Hist. Nat. Pig. et Gall. i, pp. 435, 498 (1813.—ex Azara, No, 324: 
Paraguay). 
Columbula picui Hellmayr, Nov. Zool, xiv. p. 408 (Humaytha). 
Left bank : Humaytha (Hoffmanns), 
The female obtained by Mr. Hoffmanns agrees with others from Bahia and 
Argentine. In North-Eastern Brazil: Piauhy and Ceara, the typical race is replaced 
by C. picui strepitans (Spix). Cf. Hellmayr, Abhandl. Bayer. Akad. Wissensch. 
xxii. 3. 1906. p. 696, and Chubb, /é7s 1910, pp. 61-2.] 
416. Columbina t talpacoti (Temm. & Knip). 
Columba talpacoti Temminck & Knip, Hist. Nat, Pigeons i. fam. trois., p. 22. pl. xii. [s.n. “C. 
minuta ’’| (1808-11.—“ Amérique méridionale ”), 
Nos. 294, 729, 732. d fere ad., dd jav., Calama, 26, 29. x. 1907.—Wing 
89—90; tail 66—69 ; bill 11—12 mm. 
Nos. 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059. ¢ vix ad., dd imm., ?, Maruins, 24, 25, vii. 
1908.—Wing 87—91 ; tail 64—69 ; bill 12 mm. 
“Tris yellow or pale brown (294), feet, flesh-colour or grey ish red, bill black.” 
New to the fauna of the Rio Madeira, but Natterer{t had secured it at Sao 
Vicente, Rio Guaporé, in the vicinity of Para, etc., etc. 
417. Leptotila rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard). 
“Columba (Rufazilla)” Richard et Bernard, Act, Soc. d’ Hist. Nat, Paris 1, i. p. 118, No. 74 (1792 
--Cayenne), 
Leptoptila rufaxilla Pelzeln, Le. p. 279 (Borba). 
No. 299. fd ad., Calama, 30. viii. 1907. “Iris yellowish grey, feet red, bill 
black.”—Wing 140 ; tail 105 ; bill 16 mm. 
Agrees well with Guianan specimens. 
* Ornis vi. p. 32 (1890.—Bogota). 
+ Cf. Allen, Avk xxv. 1908, pp. 301-6, 
t Ora, Bras, iii. p. 277. 
