386 PEHISTEKID^. 



pi. 134 (1857) ; Sctat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 460 (Ecuador), 1860, p. 97 



(Calacali) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 22(1862), ii. p. 164 (1862) ; G.R. 



Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 241, n. 9355 (1870); ? Hein. $ Rchnw. 



Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 284 (1889) (Ecuador). 

 Zenaida noronha, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 47 



(1856) (Fernando Noronha) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. pp. 946, 949 



(1856); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 241, n. 9354 (1870); Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 276 (note) (1871) ; Ridley, Zooloy. 1888, p. 44. 

 Coluruba (Zenaida) aurita, Burm. J. f. O. 1858, p. 160 (Mendoza). 

 Phaps (!) meridionalis, Rchnb. Tauben, ii. p. 166 (1862). 

 Chamsepelia auriculata, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 633 (1872). 

 Chamsepelia hypoleuca, Gieb. op. cit. p. 634 (1872). 

 Charntepelia maculata, Gieb. op. cit. p. 634 (1872). 

 Chainaspelia norouha (lege noronha), Gieb. op. cit. p. 635 (1872). 

 Peristera maculata, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 141 (1873). 



Adult male. Forehead, sides of the head and neck, and breast 

 vinous ; crown and occiput grey ; a black spot behind the eye, and 

 a larger one below the ear-coverts ; feathers of the sides and of the 

 hind Deck metallic purple, with golden reflections ; rest of the 

 upper parts brown-olive ; on the outer webs of the inner upper wing- 

 coverts, of the scapulars, and of the tertials many large black spots ; 

 quills brown, with a slight greyish tinge and narrow light edges on 

 the outer webs ; flanks, axillaries, and under wing-coverts light grey ; 

 vent and under tail-coverts huffish white, with a slight vinous tinge ; 

 two central tail-feathers brown-grey ; the remainder grey, with the 

 tip grey, becoming whiter and whiter towards the outer feathers, 

 and with a black band before the light tip ; the outer feather has 

 the outer web almost entirely white ; tail below black, with the 

 base fringed with grey and the tip broadly white : " bill black ; 

 feet of a red flesh-colour " (Burmeister). Total length 10-9 inches, 

 wing 6-25-5-5, tail 4-5-3-75, bill 0-6-0-55, tarsus 0-9-0-85. 



Female. Smaller than the male and duller in colour ; the vinous 

 colour of the male is replaced by a dull pale brown. 



Young. Has the feathers of the upper parts and breast with 

 white mesial streaks and edges ; the primaries and primary-coverts 

 edged with rufous ; no metallic gloss on the sides of the neck. 



Obs. The smaller dimensions belong to the Eastern birds, and 

 especially to those from Fernando Noronha, the largest to the Western 

 ones ; it appears to me that they are not worthy of separation. 



Hah. South America, from Pearl Island to Ecuador, Peru, and 

 Chili on the west, and from Noronha Island to Brazil, Argentine, and 

 Patagonia on the east ; probably also the Magellan Straits. 



a Ad. sk. Pearl Island. Capt. Kellett and 



Lieut. Wood [P.]. 



(Type of Z. hypoleuca, G. R. Gr.) 



b c. Ad. sk. Fernando Noronha. Capts. Burnett and 



Fitzroy [P.]. 

 (Types of Z. noronha, Gray). 

 d-l. 6 $ ad. et Fernando Noronha, Aug. H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



imm. sk. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Is. of Mexiana (Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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