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ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 12. N:0 8. 



$, Nicaragua, San Juan del Norte. Under tail-coverts 

 concolour with tbe abdomen. 



The under surface of the remiges shows in the Costa 

 Rica specim^ns a somewhat brighter lone of brown colour on 

 the inner web of some of the feathers, than in the sp^^cimen 

 from Nicaragua, most of the feathers are, however, alike. 



Measurements: 



It is thus impossible to staté according to Mr. Carriker's 

 description any subspecific difference in the present speci- 

 mens, neither concerning the coloration, nor the size. 



The young bas a transitory dress, intermediate be- 

 tween that the adult bird and the first plumage. The general 

 colour agrees with that of the mature biid, but the colour 

 of the neck and chesfc has a softer tone, being slate-bluish on 

 the head, where the feathers are margined with rusty brown. 

 There are also traces of a similar margination of rusty brown 

 to be seen on the sides of the chest and on the under wing- 

 and tail-coverts. 



61. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis L. 

 Rio Ometepe, Muyogalpa, Jan. 6. 



1 c?, Nic. 



62. Leptotila verreauxi nuttingi Ridgway. — 1 (j*, Nic, 

 Ometepe, the Volcano, 700 feet, Jan. 3. »Iris golden yellow.» 



As remarked by Ridgway, the coloration of the under 

 surface of the inner webs of the remiges is intermediate 

 betwcen L. verreauxi and L. f ulviventris . 



Measurements: 



Wing 148; tail 122; culmen 17; tarsus 30,5; middle toe 

 without claw 25,7. 



63. Melopelia asiatica asiatica L. — 1 ?, Nic, Rio 

 Ometepe, Muyogalpa, Jan. 2. 



