446 Mr. Vigors*s Sketches in Ornithology. 



the male of the above species, by the Prince of Musignano him- 

 self, when lately in this country. 



31. CoLUMBA LEUcocEPHALA. Lmn., I. p. 281. no. 14. Rai/y 



Syn. Av. p. 63. no. 16. />. 184. no. 24. 

 White crowned Pigeon. Penn.^ Arct. Zool. II. no. 189. 

 Lath.^ Gen. Hist. VIII. p. 48. «o. 61. 



32. CotUMBA INORNATA. 



Col. plumbea, capite collo pectore abdomine tectricibusque ala- 

 rum mediis rufo-vinaceis. 



Remiges plumbeae, exterioribus leviter albido rnarginatis. Ptila 

 pteromatibus proxima sunt rufo-vinacea ; pteromata plumbea, 

 extimis graciliter albo- rnarginatis. Tectrices inferiores pallide 

 plumbeae. Rectrices subtus saturatiores. Rostrum fuscum. Pedes 

 rubri. Longitude corporis^ 15^; rostri^ 1|; alee a carpo ad 

 rernigem SdaiHj gf ; caudce^ 6| ; taj^si, 1. 



I feel much hesitation in describing this species as new. The 

 specimens in the collection are in bad condition, and vary among 

 themselves. The above description is taken from that which is 

 least injured. It appears to come very near to M. Temminck's 

 description of the female of his Col. rujina^ a species I have not 

 seen, but it differs in the dimensions, and has not the ''gorge 

 blanche. ** 



33. Nycticorax violacea. 



Ardea violacea, Linn.y I. p. 238. no. 1 6. TVils.^ Am. Orn, 



VIII. t. 65./. 1. 

 Ardea Cayennensis. Gmel.^ I. p. 626. no. 31. 

 Cayenne Night Heron. Lath., Gen. Hist. IX. p. 63. 



no. 24. 

 Le Bihoreau de Cayenne. PI. Enl. 899. 



34. Ardea exilis. Gmel., I. p. 645. no. 83. TVils.y Am. Orn, 



VIII. p. 37. 

 Minute Heron. Lath.^ Gen. Hist. IX. p. 72. no, 34. 

 Least Bittern. lVtls,,Am.Orn.pL65.f.4. 



