(416 ) 



These birds are nndonbtedly distinct from C. //. pUimhea Vieill., of Eastern 

 Brazil (Baliia to Santa C'atharina) and ''. p. hafri Hellm., from the state of Goyaz. 

 From the former they differ in tlieir nineh smaller size, slenderer as well as shorter 

 bill, and by having the head, neck, and lower parts bright lilac, while C. p. baeri 

 may be recognized by its pearl-grey under snrfaca, etc. The female from 

 Jaraarysinbo is rather more vinaceom on both head and lower ])arts than ttie 

 males, agreeing in that respect witli a male obtained by Natterer at Engenho 

 do (iama, on the Rio Gaapore. A second male and a female from the last-named 

 locality are again somewhat dift'erent, being mnch paler in coloration, especially 

 the female, which appears to agree with the description of C. p. jialli'xcens. 

 Some years ago I examined the type of ^liss Snethlage's race and found it 

 nearly identical with a bird from Para. 



C. p. pallescens from Amazonia is, however, exceedingly close to C. p. bo(jotensix 

 Berl. & Lev.,* thongh Colombian specimens seem to be rather larger and to have a 

 greyish tinge on the crown. Withont large series from ditferent localities it will 

 be impossible to arrive at definite eonclnsions respecting the varions races of the 

 phimbea gronp. 



[41.J. Columbula picui picui (Temm.). 



O'/iimh-, pieiii Temminck, ffisl. X,,l. Pig. el Gall. i. pp. 435, 498 (18l;i.— ex Azara, No. 3l'4 : 



Paraguay). 

 CiAiimhiilii picui Hellmiyr, .Yf<c. Z iil. xiv. p. 40? (Humaytha). 



Left bank : Hnmaytha (Hoffinanns). 



The female obtained by Mr. Hoffmanns agrees with others from Bahia and 

 Argentine. In North-Eastern Brazil : Piauhy and Cearti, the typical race is replaced 

 by C. picui strepitaits (Spix). Cf. Hellmayr, Ahhandl. Bai/er. Akad. Wissensc/i. 

 xxii. 3. 190G. p. GOO, and Chubb, Ibis 1910. pp. dl --,'.] 



416. Columbina t talpacoti (Temm. & Knip). 



Coliimlia lul/uicoli Temniinok \- Knip, litsl. Nat. Pigeons i., fam. trois., p. 22. pi. xii. [s.n. " C. 

 miniiia "] (1808-11. — " TAnn'rique mi'ridionale ''). 



Nos. 294, 729, 732. 6 fere ad., <S i ynv., Calama, 20, 29. x. 1907.— Wing 

 89—90; tail 06— (19 ; bill 11—12 mm. 



Nos. 1056, 10.')7, 1058, 1059. S vix ad., S3 imm., ?, Maruins, 24, 25. vii. 

 1908.— Wing 87^91 ; tail 04—09 ; bill 12 mm. 



" Iris yellow or pale brown (294), feet tlesh-colonr or greyish red, bill black." 



New to the fanna of the Rio Madeira, bnt Natterer \ had secured it at Sao 

 Vicente, Rio Guapore, in the vicinity of Para, etc., etc. 



417. Leptotila rufaxilla (Richard & Bernard). 



" Cnhimha (liii/u.ri/hi)" Richard et Bernard, Act. Sue. iVIlM. Xal. Pnrisl. i. p. IIH. No. 74 (1792 



— Cayenne). 

 Leptoplila rii/axilhi Pelzein, I.e. p. 279 (Borba). 



No. 299. (J ad., Calama, 30. viii. 1907. " Iris yellowish grey, feet red, bill 

 black."— Wing 140 ; tail 105 ; bill 16 ram. 

 Agrees well with (inianan specimens. 



• 0/vii.< vi. p. .12 (1890. — Bogot4). 

 + Cf. Allen, .4i/* .\xt. 1908. pp. HOl-6. 

 J Orn. Bias. iii. p. 277. 



