294 COLUMBID.E. 



only faintly indicated, the general colouring lighter and more uniform, 

 the vinaceous tints, especially on the head, neck, and breast, much 



fainter and more or less replaced by bluish ash Wing 8'69 inches, 



tail 5 - 36, tarsus 1-15, bill from feathers - 66." {Brewster.) 



Hab. Lower California. 



Two specimens, mentioned below, agree with Brewster's descrip- 

 tion, especially as regards the tail, which, seen from below, appears 

 uniform whitish grey. 



a, b. Ad. sk. San Jose" de Rancho, Lower Salvin-Godman Coll. 



California (Abott Frazar). 



28. Columba crissalis. 



Chlorcenas albilinea, Later, {nee Gray) Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 135 



(Costa Rica) (1868) ; Cab. J.f. O. 1869, p. 211 (Costa Rica) ; 



Frantz. J.f. O. 1869, p. 370. 

 Columba albilinea, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 217 (Veragua) ; Zeled. Ann. 



Mus.Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127, n. 579; Cherrie, Auk, 1892, 



p. 328 (San Jos<5, Costa Rica). 

 Columba albilineata, Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotroj). p. 132, 



n. 9 (part., Veragua, Costa Rica) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 43 



(Costa Rica). 



Similar to 0. albilinea, but the middle of the abdomen, the vent, 

 and the under tail-coverts much paler and whitish. 



Hab. Costa Rica and Veragua. 



Dr. Cabanis has rightly pointed out the differences between this 

 species and the more southern C. albilinea, which has the parts 

 alluded to above dark grey. Most probably Mr. Ridgway, while 

 describing his C. gnayaquilensis, compared it with the Central- 

 American bird. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Rancho Redondo, Costa Rica, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



March (J. Carmiol). 



b, c. Ad. sk. Volcan de Cartago, Costa Rica Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Arce). 



d. cS a d. sk. Bocpiete de Chitra, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Arce). (Type of species). 



e. c? imm. sk. Chitra, Veragua {Arce"). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. cJ imm. sk. Southern Slope of the Volcano of Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cliiriqui (Arce). 



29. Columba albilinea. 



Columba fasciata, Tsch. (nee Say) Faun. Per. pp. 44, 275 (1844-46). 

 Columba albilinea, G. R. Gr. Mus. Brit, fide Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 51 



(1854) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. i860, p. 72 (Pallatanga) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 



i. p. 740 (1872) ; Schley. Mas. P.-B. Columba;, p. 67 (1873) 



(Mexico !); Sclat. § Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 186 (Peru) ; Tacz. Orn. 



Per., Tables, p. 101 (1886); Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 639 



(Bolivia). 

 Columba albilineata, G. R. Gr. MS. in Mus. Brit. (New Granada) ; id. 



List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 34 (1856) ; Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. 



