2. COLUMBA. 1325 



Chloroenaa infuseata, Burm. Syst. Ueb. T/u'er. Bras. iii. p. 292 | L856) 



( Neii-Fribourg). 

 Chloroenaa locutrix, Reknb. Tauben, i. p. 63 (1802), ii. p. 172, t. ii. 



f. ^1 (1862); Hein.fyBchnw. Nomettcl. Mus. Hem. bra. p. 277 



(1890). 

 ? Columba plumbea, var., Peh. Orn. Bras. pp. 275, 450 1 1868). 

 Lepidoenas plumbea, Schleg. Mies. P.-B. Columbae, p. 70 (187-3). 

 Columba purpureotincta, Bulyic. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 594, 



note (Demerara, Britisb Gui;mai. 

 Chloroenaa plumbea, subsp. bogotensi?, Berl. §• Leverk. Ornis, 1890, 



p. 32. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and underparts purplish vinous ; back, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts and upper wing-coverts dark sepia- 

 brown with an olive lustre, more or less with purple reflections in 

 some specimens ; quills dark olive sepia-brown, inner webs in some 

 specimens tinged with rufous brown ; under wing-coverts dark 

 greyish vinous ; tail dark olive-brown like the back, more or less 

 •with a purple lustre : " iris dark vinous red ; feet dark red, with 

 a violet tinge ; bill black " (Wied). Total length 13*5-11 inches, 

 wing 7-6, tail 5-5-4-5, bill 0-65-0-58, tarsus 0-95-0-8. 



Adult female. Like the male, but duller and less vinous under- 

 neath, and often with reddish spots on the nape. 



Yountj. Has rufous narrow edges to the feathers of the head and 

 underparts and to the wing-coverts. 



Ilab. Cayenne, British Guiana, Columbia, Ecuador, X. and E. 

 Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. 



Three specimens from E. Peru, mentioned below, absolutely alike, 

 have a distinct cinnamon tinge on the upper parts, and perhaps 

 belong to a definable race. 



E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Baron Laugier's Coll. 

 Zoological Society's 



Coll. 

 Salvin-Godnian Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Purchased 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



