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hood and anterior lower parts ashy vinaceous-purplc ; dorsal region 



ashy. 



Bill tipped with black ; wing-coverts conspicuously edged with 

 white; back with an olivaceous cast. Wing, 8.80; tail, G.IO; 

 culmen, .75 ; tarsus, 1.13 ; middle toe, 1.37 ; outer, 1.05 ; inner, 

 .94. Ilab. Pacific Province of the United States, south to Guate- 

 mala var. fa sciata. 



Bill entirely yellow ; wing-coverts not distinctly edged with 

 white; back with a bluish cast. Wing, 8.30 ; tail, 6.20; culmen, 

 .80 ; tarsus, 1.04 ; middle toe, 1.27 ; outer, 1.00 ; inner, .88. Hab. 

 Costa Rica ........ var. albilinea} 



2. C. araucana.- Black band across the middle of the tail as broad 

 as the terminal lighter one, and wholly exposed ; terminal portion not 

 lighter than the base. Bill black ; crissum deep slate ; hood and lower 

 parts deep purplish-vinaceous ; dorsal region like the breast. Wing, 

 8.35; tail, 6.20; culmen, .58 ; tarsus, 1.13 ; middle toe, 1.2G; outer, .90; 

 inner, .77. Hab. Chile. 



6. No nuchal bar of white ; metallic feathers of tlie nape with their fibres 

 blended, producing a soft even surface. 



3. C. caribsea.^ Tail much as in C. fasciata, but with a much greater 

 contrast between the nearly equal dark basal and light terminal por- 

 tions ; the former more uniformly dusky, not showing any distinct 

 darker intermediate band. Bill black ; hood and lower parts light 

 ashy-pinkish vinaceous ; crissum white ; dorsal region ashy. Wing, 

 8.70 ; tail, 6.90 ; culmen, .81 ; tarsus, 1.05 ; middle toe, 1.2S ; outer, 

 .90; inner, .88. Hab. Jamaica. 



4. C. rufina.' Terminal light band of the tail narrow, badly defined. 

 Bill black. Forehead, dorsal region, lesser wing-coverts, neck and 

 breast, deep chocolate-purple ; forepart of the back with a violet 

 reflection. Other portions mainly ashy. Wing, 7.50; tail, 5.00; cul- 

 men, .68 ; tarsus, .97 ; middle toe, 1.13 ; outer, .89 ; inner, 78. Hab. 

 Brazil, north to Guatemala. 



B. Tail of a uniform shade throughout. 



o. A metallic "cape" on the nape, each feather bordered with black, pro- 

 ducing a conspicuously squamate appearance ; above this, a broad, trans- 

 verse, crescentic patch of dark maroon color. No vjtiaceous tints on the 

 body. 



5. C. leucocephala. Hood white ; metallic cape brassy-green ; throat, 

 cheeks, etc., dark plumbeous-slate, like the rest of the plumage. Bill 

 yellow only at the tip. Wing, 7.70; tail, 5.50; culmen, .66 ; tarsus, 1.00 ; 

 middle toe, 1.25 ; outer, .85 ; inner, .83. Hab. Cuba, and south Florida. 



1 Columba fasciata, var. albilinea. Cohnnba alHHnea, "Gray," Boxap. Consp. VI, 185<, 

 51. Chlorcenas a. Cab. J. 1869, 211. 



2 Columba araucana. Less. Voy. de la Coq. Ois. t. 40. Columba denisca, Temii. PI. Col. 

 502. C. meridionalis. King. 



' Columba caribcm, Gmelin, S. N. 1788, 773. — GossE. B. Jam. 291. — Maiicu, P. A. N. S. 

 Philad. 1863, 301. Patagiamas c. ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 80. —Reich. Handb. 65, tab. 230, b, f. 

 3362. 



* Columba rufina, (Temm.) Reich. Handb. 62, tab. 222, f. 2583, 2584. — Lawi;. Ann. N. Y. 

 Lye. 1861, VII, 333, No. 281 (Panama). — ScL. k Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 198 (Amazon). — Ib. 

 1867, 590. — ScL. Ibis, I, 222 (Guatemala). —Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 159 (Veragua). — Ib. 1870, 

 115 (Costa Rica). — Reixh. Vid. Med. Nat. For. 1870, 59 (Brazil). 



