'326 COLUMBID.E. 



v, w. cJ ad. et ad. Rio Capim, Para, Lower Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. Amazons ( Wallace). 



.(-«'. c? 2 a( l- s ^- Carimang River, Jan., Feb., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May, Dec. (Whitely). 

 b',r',d'.($SLd.et Camacusa, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. April, May ( Whitely). 



e,f. Jad.sk. Roraima, Brit. Guiana, Jan., Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April ( Whitely). 

 g'-k'. <$ 2 ad.sk. Bartica Grove, Brit. Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Dec, Jan. (Whitely). 

 I', tf ad. Ourumle, Brit. Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( Whitely). 



58. Columba subvinacea. 



Chlorcenas rufina, Sclat. (nee Temm.) P. Z. S. 1859, p. 147 (Palla- 



tanga), 1860, p. 97 (Nanegal). 

 Chlorcenas subvinacea, Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 135 (1868) 



(Dota, Costa Rica) ; Salv. Lbis, 1869, p. 317 ; Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, 



p. 371 ; G. JR. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 235, n. 9278 (1870) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. i. p. 660 (1872) ; Howl. Orn. Misc. iii. p. 75, pi. xci. 



(pt. xii., 1878). 

 Columba subvinacea, Salv. P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 217 (Veragua) ; Sclat. Sf 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotmp. p. 132, n. 16 (1873) ; Boucard,P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 43 (Costa Rica) ; Sclat. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 543 (Reme- 



dios) ; ? Bed. fy Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 574 (var., W. Equador) ; 



Tacz. # Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 123; Zeledon, Ann. Mm. Nac. 



Costa Pica, 1887, p. 127, n. 581 (Costa Rica). 

 Chlorcenas vinacea, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 752 (part.) (1872) ; ? Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1882, p. 48 (Huambo, N.E. Peru). 



Adult male. Head, neck, and under plumage light purplish vina- 

 ccous, the throat paler, the under tail-coverts darker ; back, rump, 

 and upper wing-coverts brownish cinnamon ; quills dark brown, 

 with narrow pale outer edges, and with the under surface of the 

 inner webs dull pale cinnamon to near their ends ; under wing- 

 coverts purplish vinaceous, like the under plumage, but with a 

 cinnamon tinge ; tail and upper tail-coverts fine chocolate-brown : 

 bill black; feet yellow in dry skins. Total length about 12'75 

 inches, wing 6-5, tail 5, bill - 52, tarsus 0*9. 



Female. Similar to the male, but, according to Mr. Lawrence, is 

 a little smaller, and differs in being less vinaceous on the lower part 

 of the hind neck and abdomen, where it is brownish cinnamon. 



Hub. Costa Rica, Veragua, Columbia, and Ecuador. 



Some specimens show traces of light spots on the lower hind 

 neck. A specimen from Remcdios is darker than the others, and 

 another from Balzar Mountains, W. Ecuador, is very small — wing 

 5 inches ! 



a, b. cJ 5 ad. sk. Barranca, Costa Rica, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (J. Carmiol). 



c. $ ad. sk. San Jose, Costa Rica (J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Carmiol). 



d. Ad. sk. Volcan de Chiriqui (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



