296 columbid^:. 



30. Columba araucana. 



Columba araucana, Less. Toy. Cog. i. 2, p. 706, pi. 40 (1828) ; id. 



Man. d'Om. ii. p. 170 (1828); Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 743; Less. 



Oompl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 97 (1837); id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 296 



(1838) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 470, n. 12 (svn. emend.) (1844) ; 



Des Murs, in Gay's Hist, de Chile, i. p. 376 (1847) ; Rchnb. Syn. 



Av. f. 1256 (1847) ; Hartl. Naumannia, 1853, pp. 215,221 ; Bibra, 



Denkschr. k, Ak. Wissensch. v. 2, p. 130 (1853) ; id. J.f. O. 1855, 



p. 56 ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Coluinbfe, p. 33 (1856) ; Cass. 



U.S. Expl. Exp., Mamm. $ Orn. p. 254 (1858) ; Pelz. Novara Beis., 



Vbg. p. 108 (1865) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 330, 339 ; Sclat. # Salv. 



Nomenel. Av. Neotr. p. 132 (1873) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. 



p. 449 (1883) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll, B. p. 37 (1889) ; Hartert, Eat. 



Vogels. p. 186 (1891) ; James, NeioList Chil. B. p. 10, n. 165 (1892). 

 Columba deuisea, Temm. PI. Col. 502 (1830) (Chili) ; Less. Compl. 



deBuff., Ois. viii. p. 99 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 296 (1838) ; 



Enip Sf Prcv. Pig. ii. pi. 18 (1838-43); Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, 



p. 209 (Valdivia) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 742 (1872) ; Schleg. Mus. 



P.-B. Cnlumbse, p. 67 (1873) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbae, 



p. 14 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 48. 

 Columba fitzrovii, King, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 15 (Chiloe IsL); Less. 



Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 101 (1832); id. op. cit. p. 297 (1838) ; 



Darwin, Zool Beagl, p. 114 (1841) ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 115 ; 



G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 270, n. 34 (1844). 

 ? Columba mevidionalis, Peale {nee Eing), U.S. Expl, Exped., Birds, 



p. Ill (1848) (Rio Negro in Patagonia) ; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 



1852, p. 114. 

 Chlorcenas denisea, Bp. Consp.Av. ii.p. 51 (1854); id. Compt.Rend. 



xxxix. p. 1108 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 143 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil 



Ordr. Pig. pp. 24, 56, n. 143 (1855) ; Rchnb. Taub. i. p. 61, t. 223. 



f. 1256 (1862), ii. p. 171 (1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 235, 



n. 9271 (1870) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 555 (C. Peru). 

 Chlorcenas araucana, Hem. §■ Rchnic. Nomenel, Mus. Hein, Orn. 



p. 277 (1890). 



Adult male. Head, throat, back, scapulars, breast, and abdomen 

 chestnut-vinous, with an amethystine tinge on the breast : a whitish 

 band on the nape ; scaly-like feathers of the hind neck metallic 

 bronze-green ; lower back, rump, and basal upper tail-coverts lead- 

 grey : longer upper tail-coverts brown-grey ; under tail-coverts lead- 

 grey, tinged with purple or rufous ; wing-coverts greyish brown, 

 changing into lighter grey on the outer and greater ones ; quills 

 brown-black, with narrow whitish edges ; under wing-coverts and 

 sides lead-grey; tail above dull grey, with a subterminal black 

 band, and witb the apical band dull grey, less than au inch broad : 

 "iris red-yellow; bill black; feet dark rose-red" (Phil 'ippi, fide 

 Hartlaub) ; bill black ; feet apparently purple. Length about 16 

 incbes, wing 8'5, tail 5*5, bill 0'65, tarsus 1*25. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. "Without the white band on the nape. 



Hab. Chili and Magellan Straits. 



The figure in the ' Voyage de la Coquille ' does not show the 

 white band on the nape, so that most probably it represents a 

 young bird. 



