1854.] 227 



6 Tjsniophis tantillus, G. Body and 'tail very slender. Head elongated, 

 and very distinct from the body. Eye proportionally large. A deep chesnut 

 brown band reigns along the dorsal region ; light brown on the sides. Beneath 

 greenish or yellowish grey. Upper labials yellowish white, A supercilliary yel- 

 lowish filet. 



From the neighborhood of Santiago, Chili. 



SAURIANS. 



7. Proctotretcs femoratus, G. Cephalic plates rugose. Auricular aperture 

 moderate, provided with an arched plate upon its supero-anterior margin, and 

 one or two conical scales beneath and upon the same anterior margin. One series 

 of supralabiais. Temporal shields well developed, imbricated and carinated. 

 Sides of neck with but one inconspicuous fold, and covered with small carinated 

 scales. Dorsal scales large, carinated, posteriorly acute, and diminishing in size 

 towards the sides. Abdominal scutellae smooth and entire. Posterior surface 

 of thighs granular. Tail elongated and slender. Brownish, with two parallel 

 Sight vittae on either side, and two series of black spots. Abdomen whitish, 

 unicolor, inferior surface of head, with greyish irregular broken lines. 



Collected about Santiago, Chili. 



8. Proctotretcs STANTONi, G. Cephalic plates rugose. Auricular aperture 

 moderate, margined anteriorly with very small scales, one of which larger than 

 the rest. One series of supralabiais. Temporal shields well developed, sub- 

 rounded, imbricated and carinated. Sides of neck with one indistinct fold, and 

 covered with acute and carinated scales, a little smaller than those of the back, 

 which are large, posteriorly subacute and strongly carinated. Abdominal 

 scutellss rounded posteriorly and slightly carinated. Posterior surface of thighs 

 granular. Tail elongated and slender. Ground color deep brown, with a reddish 

 tint posteriorly ; two parallel vitta? on the sides. Abdomen unicolor, with 

 metallic reflections. 



Caught in the neighborhood of Santiago, Chili. 



A List of Pigeons of the genus Carpophaga, SelLy, in, the Collections of tin 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and of the IT. S. Exploring 

 Expedition y (Vincennes and PeaeocZ-,) Washington : ivitk (descriptions and no~ 

 tices of new and little known species. 



By Joun Cassin. 



1. Carpophaga ,enea, (Linn.) Knip and Prevost's Pigeons ii. pi. 3. Briss. Orn. 



i pi. 13 fig. 2. 



Columba aenea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 283 (1766) Buff. PI. Enl. 164, 



Palumbus moluccensis. Briss. Orn. i p. 148. 



Carpophaga sylvatica. Tickell, Jour. As. Soc. Bengal ii. p. 581,(1833.) 



Bill without frontal process or knob, under coverts of the tail dark chesnut, 

 Entire head neck and inferior parts light cinerous, more or less tinged with 

 lilac (or vinaceous). Back, rump w 7 ings and tail fine metallic green, changing to 

 golden and copper on the back and wings, and to blue on the tail. Under wing 

 coverts light cinereous. 



Founded by Linnaeus on Brisson's description made from specimens in the 

 cabinet of " M. l'Abbe Aubry," M cau.dam interne tegentes castaneo-purpu- 

 re^e " (Briss.) No mention made of knob at the base of the upper mandible, 

 nor is it represented in Brisson's figure. 



Ten specimens in Coll. Acad, from Java, Borneo, w Moluccas," and " India." 



2. Carpophaga rosacea, (Temm.) PI. col. , r >7S, Knip and Prev. Pigeons, 



iii. pi. 34. 

 Columba rosacea, Temm. PI. col. iv. p. (liv. 98.) 



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