288 COLUMBIDJi. 



p. 198 (Ucayali) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 159 (Veragua) ; Sclat. 8f 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 591 (Mexiana) ; Salv. Pois, 1870, p. 115 ; id. 

 P. Z. 8. 1870, pp. 217 (Veragua), 838 (Honduras) ; Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. i. p. 750 (1872) ; Sclat. Sf Salv. Numencl. Av. Neotr. p. 132 

 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 306 (East Peru) ; Gidliv. P. Z. S. 

 1875, p. 489; Sclat. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 17, 1879, p. 543 

 (MedeUin); Forbes, Ibis, 1881, pp. 318,356 (N.E. Brazil); Salv. 

 Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 543 (1882) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 48 

 (N.E. Peru) ; Salv. Sf Godm. Ibis, 1883, p. 212; Sclat. List Vert. 

 An. 8th ed. p. 449 (1883) ; Tacz. Sf Berl, P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 110, 114 

 (Ecuador) ; Berl. Sf Jher. Zeitschr. d. ges. Orn. 1885, p. 176 



(Ucayali) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 (1889; ; Hartert, Eat. 

 Vogelsamml. p. 186 (1891); Biker Sf Chapm. Auk, viii. p. 162 

 (Santareni) (1891 ). 



Janthcerias rutina, Bchnh. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852). 



Chloroenas rufina, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 52 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 

 xxxix. p. 1108 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 146 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil 

 Ordre Pig. pp. 25, 56, n. 146 (1855) ; Burnt. Syst. Uebers. Th. Bras. 

 iii. p. 291 (1856); Sclat. P. Z. S. 185G, p. 143, 1857, p. 19 

 (Bogota), 1859, p. 147 (Ecuador), I860, p. 97 (Nanegal) ; Cass. 

 Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1860, p. 194, n. 123 (Turbo and R. Atrato, 

 Isthmus of Darien) : Lawr. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. vii. p. 333 (Panama) 

 (1862) ; Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 62, t. 222. ff. 2583-84 (1862), p. 171 

 (1862); Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 274, 450, liv (1868); G. B. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 235, n, 9273 (1870) ; Schleg. Mas. P.-B: Columbae, 

 p. 79 (1873); Soma, Mas. Nine. Lisb. Columbse, p. 14 (1873); 

 Hein. Sf Bchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Ilein. Orn. p. 277 (.1890). . . 



Melopelia plumbescens, Lawr. Pois, 1880, p, 238 (juv., type exa- 

 mined) ; Edd.tom.cit.; Bchnw :• Sf Schal. J. f. 0.1881, p. 74; Salv. 

 Sf Godm. Ibis, 1883, p. 212 ( = rufina, juv.). 



Adult male. Forehead, vertex, and breast purple vinous with an 

 amethystine tinge, especially on the neck ; occiput and upper nape 

 metallic bronze-green, with golden and purple reflections ; cheeks 

 grey ; chin and throat whitish grey ; back, scapulars, and smaller 

 and median upper wing-coverts chestnut-purple, more or less tinged 

 with amethystine ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts lead- 

 grey ; the purple-vinous colour of the breast merges gradually into 

 the grey of the sides, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; greater 

 wing-coverts brown-grey ; quills brown, with narrow light edges ; 

 under wing-coverts grey ; tail brown-grey, with a dirty-grey band 

 at the tip, underneath paler : " iris red ; bill blackish ; feet dark 

 red " ( Wied). Length about 12 inches, wing 7*1, tail 4-6, bill 0-62, 

 tarsus 1. 



Female. Somewhat duller, and with the chestnut colour of the 

 upper parts less extended on the back and upper wing-coverts. 



Young. Brown-grey ; occiput dark grey ; no purple-vinous colour 

 whatever ; chin and throat whitish ; rump plumbeous ; sides, 

 abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts grey ; tail 

 brown-grey, with apical dirty-grey band ; upper wing-coverts and 

 upper tail-coverts greyish brown, with narrow rufous edges. 



