270 COLUMBID^!. 



Orossophthalinus gymnophthalmus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 55 (part.) 



(1854) ; id. Compt. Bend, xxxix. p. 1110 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 156 



(1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 26, 56, n. 156 (1855) ; 



Jtchnb. Tauben, i. p. 66 (1862) (syn. emend.), ii. p. 172, t. ii. f. 23 



(e.r Enip) (1862) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbre, p. 15 (1873). 

 ? Patagioenas loricata, Burm. (nee Licht.) Syst. Ueb. Thier. Bras. iii. 



p. 294 (1856). 

 Coluinba gyrunophthaluia, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 239 (one egg) ; 



Sclat. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 143, 1869, p. 600 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



18G9, p. 627 ; Scl. $ Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 132, n. 5 (1873) ; 



Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 544 (1882) ; ? Sclat. List Vert. An. 



8th ed. p. 448 (part.) (1883). 

 Picazuros gymnophthalmos, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 234, n. 9266 



(syn. emend.) (1870). 

 ? Lepidcenas loricata, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbaj, p. 69 (specim. 1) 



(1873). 

 ? Orossophthalinus gymnophthalmus, Hem. Sf Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. 



Hein. Orn. p. 276 (1890). 



Adult. Head, throat, front part of the neck, breast, and abdomen 

 pale rosy vinous, changing into whitish on the vent and under tail- 

 coverts ; back, scapulars, and wing pale brown ; lower back and 

 upper tail-coverts dull grey, the latter with a slight pale brown 

 tinge towards the tips ; lower part of the hind neck with light grey 

 and dark grey narrow bands above, and with reddish opaline and 

 blackish narrow bands lower down ; the anterior wing-coverts with 

 broad white edges, narrower on the secondaries ; primaries brown, 

 with narrow paler or whitish edges ; under wing-coverts dull 

 greyish; under surface of the quills greyish, darker towards the 

 tips ; tail uniform sandy grey or drab-grey, paler below : bill in 

 dry skins pale yellow ; naked skin round the eyes very broad, with 

 a ring of horny papillae (painted blue in Temminck's plate) ; feet 

 pale yellowish in dry skin. Total length about 13 inches, wing 8, 

 tail 5, bill 0*6, tarsus - 9. 



Hah. Curacao, Aruba, and Bonaire ; perhaps also the coast of 

 Venezuela. Only lately Mr. Hartert has discovered the true Jiabitat 

 of this species, which till quite recently was supposed to be from 

 the interior of Brazil. 



a. Ad. st. S. America (fide Verreaux). Purchased *. 



* Hybrid between C. gyinnophthatma and C. picazuro ? 



? Columba gymnophthalma, Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 448, specim. (?) 

 (1883). 



Similar to C. gymnophthalma, but the vinous colour of the head, throat, and 

 underparts deeper and brighter, also the brown colour of the upper parts 

 darker ; the grey colour of the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 darker ; the under tail-coverts distinctly grey, and the tail, instead of being 

 uniform sandy grey, has a dark subterminal band quite distinct. Total length 

 about 13 inches, wing 8'2, tail 5 - 2, bill 06, tarsus 0'95. 



a. Ad. st. Zool. Soc. Gardens. 



