360 NOUTII AMKlilCAX r.IKD.S. 



0. C. corensis.' Ilood, with remaining portions of licad and neck, 

 piirplisli-viiiuccoiis; metallic capo vinaceous-puri)lc. Bill wholly 3'ello\v. 

 Wing, 8.00; tail, 5.70; culnien, .03; tarsus, 1.05; middle toe, 1.25; 

 outer, .80 ; inner, .83. Ilab. Porto Eico ; St. Thomas ; Santo Domingo ; 

 Santa Cruz. 

 b. No metallic reflections on the nape. 



Head and neck, all round, lower parts to the anal region, and a patch 

 on the lesser wing-coverts, niddish cliocolate-purple. Kest oi' plumage 

 slaty-blue, darker on tail and primaries, and more olivaceous on the 

 dorsal region. 



7. C. flavirostris. Feathers of the forehead reaching forward to the 

 anterior end of the nasal lobe, and wholly covering the cere on top. 

 Culmen much arched. Bill and claws yellow. Wing, 7.80 ; tail, 5.40 ; 

 culmen, .52 ; tarsus, 1.03 ; middle toe, 1.15 ; outer, .82 ; inner, .75. 

 Hab. Middle America, and southern borders of Middle Province of 

 United States, from Arizona and the Rio Grande; south to Costa Rica. 



8. C. inornata.' Feathers of the forehead reaching forward to only 

 about the middle of the nasal lobe, leaving the top of the cere naked; 

 culmen only moderately arched. Bill and claws black. AVing, 9.20 ; 

 tail, G.GO ; culmen, .75; tarsus, I.IG ; middle toe, 1.47; outer, 1.18; 

 inner, .97. Hab. Jamaica. 



Columba fasciata, Say. 



BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 



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Columba fasciata, Say, Long's Expcd. E. Mts. II, 1823, 10. — Box. Amer. Oni. I, 1S2.5, 

 77, pi. ™i. — Waclbu, Syst. Av. 1S27, Columba, No. 47. — Nitttall, Man. I, 1S32, 

 624. —AUD. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 479, pi. ccclxvii. — Ib. Syn. 1839, 191. — 1b. Birds 

 Amer. IV, 1842, 312, pi. cclx.\i.\. — TsciiUDi, Fauna Peruana, 1844-46, No. 261.— 

 Newbeuuy, Zool. Cal. & Or. Koute, Rep. P. R. R. VI, iv, 92. — Haiiid, Birds N. Am. 

 1858, 597. — C'oorER, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 50C. Chloneiius fasciata, Bosap. Consp. II, 

 1854, 51. Columba monilis, Vigors, ZoiJl. Beechey's Voyage, 1839, 26, pi. x. 

 CIdorcenas monilis, Reich. Icones Av. ccxxvii, fig. 2481. 



Sp. CnAR. Above ash, inclining to olivaceous on the back, and with a fine bluish cast 

 on the rump, under surface of wings, and sides. The primaries and basal portion of 

 the tail dusky. Larger wing-coverts and secondaries, with primaries, distinctly edged 

 with white; terminal thii-d of tail of nearly the same tint as the wing-coverts, but the 

 basal portion much darker, with a rather indistinct, narrow dusky band between the two 

 shades, a little beyond the tips of the upper coverts. Whole head, lateral and front part of 

 neck, and lower parts to the anal region, ashy vinaceous-purple, lighter, and more pinkish 

 on the abdomen ; chin considerably lighter; anal region and crissum white. A narrow 

 half-collar of white across the upp(!r portion of the nape ; feathers beneath this dull 



1 Columha corensis, Gmei- S. N. I, 1878, 7S3. — Sai.i.i^:, P. Z. S. 1857, 235 (Santo Domingo). 

 — Newtox, Ibis I, 252 (Santa Cruz). — Cab. J. IV, 108 (Cuba). — Taylor, Ibis, 1804, 171 (St. 

 Thomas). Patagiaenas c. KElCilUNli. Handb. tab. 222, f. 2581. 



^ Columba iuornaia, ViGoit.s, Pr. Zobl. Soc. 1847, 37. — De la Sagra, Voy. I'lle dc Cuba, 

 Gis. t. 28. —Cab. J. IV, 106 (Cuba). — Sci,. P. Z. S. 1861, 80. — Reich ex B. Handb. 62, tab. 

 222, f. 2582. — Gt'XDL. Repert. Cub. I, 1S66, 298. — Mauch, P. A. N. S. 1863, 301 (Jamaica). 

 C. rufina, Go.sse, B. Jam. (not C. rufiiia of Temmixck !). 



