( 91 ) 



Tiicumi'ui are mnch darker ou the head, rniuji and npiier tail-coverts, and a]iparently 

 represent a distinct race. 



In the cJd" from Brazil the wing varies from 'Z'Si to 225, in one (No. 2431) 

 228 mm. ; iu the females from 210 to 212 mm. 



172. Columba rufina sylvestris Vieill. 



[Columha rufina Temminck & Knip, Pigeons i. fam. sec. p. 59. tab. 24 (1808-11. — "la Guiane 



fran^aise").] 

 Columha .ii/lvestris Tieillot, Nouv. Diet. xxvi. p. 366 (1818. — ex Azara, No. 319 : Parafjuay). 



Nos. 2070, 2074, 2041. c? ? ? ad., Goyaz, April 1906.— Winjr, 181 — 18.5; 

 tail 110—118 mm. 



These specimens agree with others from S. Panlo in having the basal portion 

 of the tail feathers blackish or dark grey, in marked contrast to the pale cinereous 

 tip, and corroborate what I said in JS^or. Zool. xiii. 1906. p. 47, abont the dis- 

 tinctness of the southern race. Paraguay skins should be compared in order to 

 ascertain if the name C. sylvestris is really applicable to the Brazilian birds. 



173. Columba phimbea baeri n. snbsp. 



[Columha phimhea Vieillot, Noui\ Dirt. xxvi. p. 358 (1818. — "rapporte du Bresil par M. Delalande 



fils," sc. Rio (!c Janeiro ; type in Paris Museum examined).] 

 Chloroerias plumhea Pelzeln, Ziir Ornith. Bras. iii. 1869. p. 274 (part. : Goyaz). 



Nos. 1978, 2040. S <S adult, Goyaz, April 1906.— Wing 181, 183; tail 145, 

 148 ; bill 15 mm. 



No. 2045. c? jr., Goyaz, April 1006.— Wing 176 ; tail 140; bill 14 mm. 



This very distinct new form diiFers from C. p. pbttnhea in its ratlier smaller 

 size ; mnch j)a]er brown colonr of the upper parts, this being especially noticeable 

 on the rump and njjper tail-coverts, which entirely lack the purplish gloss, always 

 more or less to be seen in true C. p. plumbea. The pileum and nape are of a 

 delicate clear grey, with scarcely any vinaceous hue, more whitish grey on the 

 forehead, while in the typical form the top of the head is plumbeous and the 

 foretead decidedly vinaceous pink; the sides of the head and neck are clear 

 grey (instead of plumbeous strongly washed with vinaceous); the under-parts 

 uniform light grey with a scarcely perceptible rosy tinge on the foreneck (in the 

 typical race the foreneck and breast are strongly shaded with vinaceous, the 

 abdomen being dull brownish grey); there is bnt a small whitish chin-spot in 

 the new form, while in C. p. phimhea the chin as well as the middle of the throat 

 are pale " salmon-hulf " (Ridgw. iv. 19). The axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 are purer grey, and the bill is rather slenderer. 



Type of subspecies in Triug Museum : S ad., Goyaz, No. 2040. 



An immature male obtained by Mons. Robert on the Rio Jordao, in the north- 

 western corner of Minas Geraes, agrees well with the specimens from Goyaz. 



In No. 2045 tliere are numerous spots of bnif-pink ou the nape which are 

 altogether absent in the two other esamjiles. The same variation is to be found iu 

 a series of C. p. plumbea from S. Paulo, etc. 



The true C. p. plumbea ranges from Santa Catharina to Bahia. I am unable 

 to find any constant differences between specimens from Rio (typical j/lumbea), 

 S. Paulo, and Bahia. Hence, C. locntrix Wied* and C.infuscata Licht. t become 

 strict synonyms of C p. plumbea. 



• Wied, ifeise Brasil. ii. 1821. p. 118 (S. Pedro d' Alcantara on the Eio Caxoeira, Bahia). 

 t Lichtenstein, Verz. Duhl. Berliner Afus. 182.3. p. 66 (Bahia). 



