( 93 ) 



b. S. s. ridyioaiii Richm. 



Campos of Venezuela : plains of Cuman^ (Caracciolo coll.) ; Cindad Bolivar 



and Altagracia on tlie Orinoco (C'herrie and Klaofes); Margarita Island (Robinson 

 and Dalnias coll.). Northern Colombia : Valencia (Simons). 



N.B. — The locality Trinidad is erroneous. 



Examined : 5 Margarita Isl., 9 Cnmana, 10 Orinoco, all in the Triug Mnsenm. 

 Bill 14— 17^ mm. 



170. Uropelia campestris (Spix). 



Columbina campextr'iH Spix, Ar. Bras. ii. p. 57. tab. Ixxv. fig. 2 (1825. — "in campis Bahiae"). 

 Cohimbii vcnusta Temminck, PI. col. livr. 57. tab. .341. fig. 1 (April 1825. — " Bri'sil. dans la province 



de Goyas"). 

 Culumbiila cainpenlris Pelzeln, Zur Oni. Bras. iii. 1869. p. 276 (Uru, Bacalhau and Eatrella ; Goyaz ; 



Cuyab^, Mattogrosso). 



Nos. 2126, 2133, 2134, 2160. (?c? ad., Rio Thesonras, May 1006.— Wing 

 67—68; tail 83—85; cand. grad. 27—33; bill 9—10 mm. 



No. 2064. (? ad., Goyaz, April 1906.— Wing 67; tail 82; cand. grad. 29; 

 bill 9 mm. 



The series agrees perfectly with the adnlt bird obtained by Spix. In my 

 revision of Spix' types the length of the bill is erroneously given as 13, resp. 

 12 mm.; it should read 9, resp. 10 mm. (cf. Abhandl. Akad. Wissensch. Milnchen 

 ii. CI. Bd. xxii. 3. 1906. p. 697). 



U. campestris is still very rare in collections, and seems to have been met with 

 by few collectors. Natterer obtained a good series at various localities in Goyaz, 

 and near Cuyabd, Mattogrosso. In the latter province two specimens were taken 

 by H. H. Smith, at Chapada* and Cachoeira. f Prof. Steere secured five examples 

 near Arare,:J: Island of Maraj(5, at the month of the Amazons. Whether these are 

 strictly referable to U. campestris I cannot say, having never seen a specimen from 

 North Brazil. 



177. Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez). 



Peristera preliosa Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U.S. Mus. ix. 1886. p. 175 (1887. — Jalapa, Mexico). 

 Perisiera cliierea auct. 



No. 2432. S ad., Rio Araguaya, April 1906. 

 Nos. 2092, 2105. ? ? , Goyaz, May 1906. 



178. Leptotila ochroptera ochroptera Pelz. § 



Leptoptila ochroptera Pelzeln, Zur Orn. Bras. iii. p. 278 (1869. — based on Columba rufaxiUa Wagler 

 (nee Rich. & Bern.) etc. — S.E. Brazil ; we fix Sapitiba, prov. Rio de Janeiro, astypicalhabitat). 



No. 1936. (? fere ad., Goyaz, March 1906.— Wing 141 ; tail 112 ; bill 15 mm. 

 Nos. 2082, 2072. ? , S jr., Goyaz, April, May 19U0.— Wing 140, 136 ; tail 113 ; 

 bill 15| mm. 



No. 2183. c? jr., Rio Araguaya, June 1906.— Wing 138 ; tail 1 10 ; bill 16 mm. 



• Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mw. xxi. 1893. p. 489. 



t Allen, Bull. Amer. iVus. N.Y. v. 1893. p. U9. 



X Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. Lond. 1878. p. 141. 



§ It seems to me extremely doubtful whether this name can be accepted, as most of the 

 synonyms quoted by Pelzeln are referable to L. reichenbackii Pelz. Wagler's account, however, applies 

 certainly to the L. ochrnptera of authors. 



