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COLTJMBIDiE. 



and under tail-coverts plumbeous ; quills grey, darker, almost brown, 

 towards the tips ; under surface of the wings grey ; tail plumbeous, 

 with a broad apical black band : " bill black " (Sclater <$f Salviri) ; 

 " legs red, between scarlet and carmine " (Dumford) ; " eye red " 

 {Hudson). Total length 14 to 13-5 inches, wing 9 to 8-5, tail 5 to 

 4-5, bill 0-78 to 0-73, tarsus 1-2 to 1-02. 



Immature birds want the fine grey and black transverse markings 

 on the sides of the neck. 



Hah. Brazil, Bolivia (?), Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentine 

 Eepublic. 



a. c? ad. sk. Conchitas, Buenos Ayres, Sept. 



( W. H. Hudson). 



b. Ad. sk. Maldonado. 



c. Ad. sk. Maldonado (C. Darwin). 



d. c? ad. sk. Uruguay, Aug. 



e. S ad. sk. Engenho do Gama, Brazil, Sept. 



(Natterer). 



f. Ad. sk. Cuyaba, Brazil, May (Natterer). 

 ff. Juv. sk. Bolivia (Bridges). 



h. Inmi. sk. [W. Indies.] 



i. Skeleton. S. America. 



Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Sir W. Burnett & Capt. 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 Voyage of the ' Beagle.' 

 Alan Peel, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Eyton Coll. 

 Baron Laugier Coll. 

 Purchased. 



15. Columba albipennis. (Plate VIII.) 



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



(Bolivia) (1854). 

 Columba maculosa, Sclat. fy Salv. (nee Temm.) P. Z. S. 1869, p. 600 



(Peru), 1873, p. 186 (Peru) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 132, n. 7 



(part., Peru, Bolivia) (1873) ; Oust. Miss. Sc. Cap Horn, Ois. 



p. 328, n. 100 (part., Bolivia) (1891). 

 Columba albipennis, Sclat. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 18 (Peru, 



Bolivia) ; Boeck, Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. 165 (Bolivia) ; 



Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 232, Tables, p. 101 (1886). 



Adult male (type). Head, neck, breast, and abdomen grey with 

 a vinous tinge, scarcely visible on the latter ; sides of the head and 

 chcoks dark grey, with scarcely any vinous tinge ; feathers of the 

 mantle, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts sooty brown, with lighter 

 edges, whitish and more conspicuous on the latter ; outer and 

 greater wing-coverts broadly edged to the tip with white ; back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts plumbeous ; under tail-coverts plum- 

 beous, with lighter edges ; quills greyish brown, with a narrow 

 whitish edge, more conspicuous on the secondaries ; under wing- 

 coverts and sides grey ; tail plumbeous, with a broad terminal 

 black band : ' ' bill black, with the base yellowish [in dry skins ?] ; 

 feet red " (Sclater <$f Salvin). Total length 14-5 inches, wing 9, 

 tail 5, bill 0-58, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. Southern Peru and Bolivia. 



This species resembles C. maculosa, from which it is easily distin- 

 guished by the white spots on the wing-coverts being not triangular, 

 but confined to the apical edges, and by the much broader white 

 edges of the outer greater wing-coverts, in which respect it re- 

 sembles C.picazuro. 



