460 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



LEPTOTILA RUFINUCHA (Sclater and Salvin). 



RUFOTJS-NAPED DOVE. 



Closely resembling L. cassini casini and L. c. cerviniventris, but 

 color of occiput and nape different (pecan brown to verona brown, 

 instead of olive-brown or drab), and forehead decidedly darker gray. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Forehead and anterior portion of crown light 

 gray (nearly pale mouse gray), usually slightly paler anteriorly and 

 darker posteriorly; occiput and nape light tawny-brown (pecan 

 brown to verona brown); hindneck grayish brown (hair brown to 

 nearly benzo brown) ; rest of upper parts plain olive-brown, the pri- 

 maries darker; two outer rectrices (on each side) brownish black 

 tipped with white, thg next blackish brown; malar, suborbital, and 

 auricular regions pale ecru-drab to drab-gray, passing into light 

 mouse gray or pale quaker drab on lower throat, foreneck, sides of 

 neck, and chest, this fading into dull white on chin and upper throat 

 and, posteriorly, passing into slightly browner gray suffused with 

 light vinaceous-fawn or vinaceous-buff, the central portion of lower 

 breast and upper abdomen nearly pure hght vinaceous-fawn or 

 vinaceous-buff; lower abdomen, anal region, and under taU-co verts 

 white, the latter with outer webs of exterior row grayish ; sides and 

 flanks strongly tinged or suffused with olive-brown; axillars and 

 under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; bill black; bare skin of lores and 

 orbital region crimson or lake red; iris white; legs and feet pale 

 brownish (lake red in life) . 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 210-264 (243); wing, 122-140.5 (133.1); 

 tail, 78-90.5 (85.1); exposed culmen, 13.5-16 (14.8); tarsus, 28.5-33 

 (31.3); middle toe, 22.5-25 (23.6). « 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 231-264 (248); wing, 129-136 

 (132.4); tail, 81-87.5 (84.7); exposed culmen, 14-16.5 (15); tarsus, 

 30-33.5 (31.3); middle toe, 23-26 (24.4).^ 



Western Costa Rica (El General; Alajuela; Las Trojas; La Can- 

 delaria;'' Tambor; Pigres; Boruca; Pozo del Rio Grande; Pozo Azul 

 de Pirris; Palmar, Boruca; El Pozo de Terraba; Pozo del Pital; 

 Buenos Aires; Lagarto) and western Panama (Divala, Bugaba, 

 Boquete, and Volciin de Chiriqui, Chiriqui; Veragua). 



c According to Carriker (Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 403, 404) this locality is probably 

 an error. 



