BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 287 



/. Under tail-coverts deeper gray (nearly slate-gray). (Southern Brazil, 



Paraguay, and eastern Peru.) _ 



CMoroeiias mfina sylvestris (extralinntal).o 



ee Tail mtli apical portion neither conspicuously nor abruptly paler than 

 basal portion, and without any obvious darker subtermmal band. 

 /. Posterior under parts dark gull gray (as dark as or darker than m C. r. 

 sylvestris). (Sierra da Lua, near Boa Yista, Amazonas Brazil.) 



CMorcEnas rufina andersom (extralimital)." 



f. Posterior under parts whitish gray to pure white. 



n Posterior under parts more extensively and purely white. Tob^o-J 



Chloroeiias rufina tobagensis (extralimital) . c 



gg. Posterior under parts less extensively and less purely wliite (the 



white more or less tinged with gray, even on under tail-coverts). 



(Panama to southeastern Mexico; Colombia?; Venezuela?.) 



CMoroenas rufina palUdicrissa (p. 6Ub). 



dd. Malar and auricular regions purple-drab or dull vinaceous. (Peru _) 



Chloroenas oenops (extralimital).* 



aa. Color of smaller wing-coverts and feathers of chest broken by paler margins (more 

 or less distinct). (Young.) . , , -, 



b Tail with a more or less distinct darker subtermmal band 

 ■ c Distal middle and greater wing-coverts conspicuously edged with ^^itisn. 



CUoroenas fasciata fasciata, young (p. /»»)• 



cc. Distal middle and greater wing-coverts not edged with whitish, 

 rf. Bill pale-colored; under tail-coverts pale gra>ash. 



Chloroenas albilinea cnssalis, young (p. 296). 



dd. Bill duskv; under tail-coverts white or buffy white. 



Chlorcenas caribfea, young (p. ^yo)- 



« CcUn^ia syUestrn VieiUot. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist Nat xxvl, 1818, 366 (Paraguay; 

 baaed en Pdoma & ta mo»!& Azara, Apunt. Parag., m, U); Salvador,, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Ss xxi, 1893, 289, foetnote (Byr,oaym); Ctabb, Ibis. 1910 S" ('y-'-.y-I^'-/^- 

 crU ) -CmoriBka,] ^Iveslru Reichenbach, Veils. Naturg., Celumbanae, >, 1861. K-" 

 tLulfina sJJiris Hellmayr, Novit. Zoel., xiii, Feb., 1906, 47 (s. Bra.il); xv, 



1908, 91 (Goyaz, s. Brazil). . , , ; „j 



A verv strongly marked form, of which a fair series has been examined. _ 



Vc2:l\lfina andersoni Cory, Pub. 182, Field Mue. Nat. Hjst j^r^^^^^^^^^^ 

 no. 8), Feb. 23, 1915, 294 (Sierra de Lua, near Boa Vista, n. Brazil; coll. Field Mua. 

 Nat. Hist). 



fceSfrA totayensis Cery, Pub. lS-2 (Orn. Se.,. i, ne. 8) Field Mus. Nat. 



Hist Feb 23 1915, 295 (Tobago; coll. Field Mus. Nat. Hist.). ■ ^ a 



I ;ery singly marked subspecies, easily disti.^^uished by its extensively and 



purely white posterior under parte^ 20 (Vifia, Huamachuco 



d Columba (^nops Salvin, Novit. Zool., ii, no. 1, i^eb. i, ibyo, ^o ^ 

 nt 5 500 ft Malca and Cajabamba at 8,000 ft., Peru; coll. Trmg Mus ?). _ 



' nflg iieUher'seen thit species nor been able to refer to the original description, 

 it is not unlikely that it may not be in proper place m the key. 



