136 A Catalogue of the Birds found in Costa Rica. 



4«51. Gcotrygoii costaricensis. sp. nov. 



Forehead and the forward part of the cheeks next the bill of a 

 brownish salmon color ; cheeks and throat white ; there is a bar of 

 deep black on each side from the eye to the bill, and a stripe of the 

 same color extends from the upper part of the throat along each 

 side of the neck and borders the white cheeks, these black lines 

 approach each other quite closely on the throat ; across the middle of 

 the crown and adjoining the salmon-colored front is a narrow band 

 of grayish blue which gradually merges into the dark green of the 

 occiput and hind neck ; the lower part and sides of the hind neck 

 and the upper part of the back, are of a lighter or yellowish green, 

 more lustrous and quite distinct from the deep green of the occiput ; 

 scapulars and upper part of back rich purplish violet ; lower part of 

 back, rump and wing coverts of a cinnamon brown, the upper tail 

 coverts are darker, more of a vinous brown; two central tail feath- 

 ers dull purplish brown, the two next of a duller brown, the outer 

 three purplish black, terminating with ashy gray; primaries and 

 secondaries blackish brown ; the tertiaries have their inner webs 

 blackish brown, the outer brownish cinnamon; under wing coverts 

 of a dusky brown ; neck and breast dark grayish plumbeous ; mid- 

 dle of abdomen testaceous white with a slight tinge of pale rose 

 color, sides chocolate brown, feathers of the flanks and under tail 

 coverts brownish ash, ending in whitish; thighs ashy brown; bill 

 hazel brown, the under mandible yellowish at the end ; tarsi and 

 toes yellowish flesh color. 



Length about 10£ in.; wing 5£ ; tail 3| ; bill f ; tarsi /',.,• 



Received from Dr. A. v. Frantzius, precise locality un- 

 known. 



Type in Mus. Smith. Institution, No. 30431. 



/,'■ marks. This beautiful pigeon bears but little resemblance 

 to any species of which I cau find an acci.unt.it is allied to the 

 group represented by G. caniceps from Cuba, the color of flic 

 breasl in each is nearly the same, but they are not aliko other- 

 : it lias much longer and stouter tarsi and toes than 0. 

 caniceps. 



W2. Geotrygon cflDruleiceps. sp. nov. 



Female. The entire be:id above and on the Sides a- far as just 

 below the <\ I 9, and the bind neck, are of a grayish blue, darker on 



