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 1.".4. Columba rufiua rufiua Toraiu. & Knip. 



Columha rufim, Temmiiic.k & Kiiip, /V""' '• f-i'"- ^ec. p. 59. tab. L'4 [1808-11: "La Guiane 

 f ran^aise "]. 



One J und two ? ? from Reolct,, A]ii-il. Tlio former has the nape pure 

 mctallie purple, instead of bronze -jjreen witli golden reflections, Imt tliere is 

 sometimes a sliglit pnrple adrai.xtnre to lie seen in sjieciraens from Rritisli (Jniiuiu. 

 In northern birds the tail is always nniformly pale brownish .C'rey, wliile those i'rom 

 Sonth 15razil have the basal portion blackish, in strons' contrast to the bidwiiish 

 grey apical band. The sonthern form ajipears to be entitled to the name ('. riijbia 

 si/lrestris Vieill.,* but I have not yet been able to compare typical Paraguay 

 skins. 



C. r. nifiiiu is not found on the north coast of Venezuela, but it occurs also on 

 the island oif Tobago, wlience Mr. Andre sent us a fair series. 



-ir);"). Cohxmbigalliua t rufipennis (Bp.). 



Taljianilia nifiitciiiiis Bonaparte, 0'ii>ip. Ar. ii. (1S54) p. 70 (Carthagena). 



Seven c?cJ ? ? from Caparo, April, and a single ? from Seelet, March. 



They agree with a large series from (Uiniana, Tobago, and Bogota. From 

 Surinam tlie Tring Museum has lately received C. tnlpacoti (Temm. & Kuip). 



In the Cat. Birds xxi. p. 4s7, the specific name nifpennis is wrongly attributed 

 to G. H. Gray, who never described the species. The first description was ]iublished 

 by Bonaj)arte ; consequently, spec, v", w" of the Brit. Museum cannot be the types ! 



156. Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez). 



Perislern irretimn Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. Mns. ix. 18SC (1887) p. 175 (ex Jalapa, Mexico). 



One S ad. each from ( 'hagnaramas, January, and Laventille, A])ril. They 

 a^ree . perfectly with a large series from ( 'nraana and Brazil. I am unable to 

 separate the South American form from typical ( '. pretiosa e.x Mexico. 



157. Leptotila verreauxi Bp. 



Lejilnpiila verreauxi Bonaparte, Cmisp. Av. ii. (18£14) p. 73 (" Nova Granata "). 

 LqiUilila himlaris Richmond, Proe. U.S. .V«-'. xviii. 18'.l5 (18'JG) p. G59 (Margarita lit). 



Two ? ? from Laventille, March, and one ? each from Pointe Gourde, January, 

 and Seelet, April. 



They agree in colour and measurements with a series from Tobago, t'umana, 

 Margarita Island (L. insuluris) and the Orinoco valley. The differences between 

 ( 'olombian and Venezuelan specimens, alluded to by Berlepsch & Hartert (A'ov. 

 Zool. ix. 1902. p. 118) do not appear to be constant; yet a larger series from 

 Bon-ota may jirove them to be separable. Anyhow, the birds from Trinidad, Tobago 

 and Venezuela are absolntely identical with the one from Margarita Island. 



• Coltimha sijlirnlris Viuillot, A'l.HC. Diet. xxvi. (1818) p. 30(1 (ex Azara — I'aiagu.ay). 

 I t'l'Iiniihitjiiirttiu Boie, I.-rh ISLMl. p. !)77 (Species iinica : C. jjitssf-rinu Linn.). 



