390 PEKISTERID-E. 



" Similar to Z. vinaceo-rufa, Eidgw., but terminal portion of 

 rectrices pale vinaceous, fading into almost white on outer feather, 

 and changing on the fifth and sixth to grey, tinged with vinaceous ; 

 head, Heck, and underparts uniform vinaceous, the occiput inclining 

 to greyish (the first with a black postocular streak and auricular 

 spot, as in allied species). Length (skin) 8 - 40 inches, wing 5-20, 

 tail 3-40, (graduated for 0-70), exposed culmen 0-57, tarsus 0-75, 

 middle toe 0-82." (Bidgway.) 



Hob. Lower Amazon (Diamantina). 



Thanks to Mr. Ridgway, I have been able to examine the type of 

 this species, which differs from Z. vinaceo-rufa as stated by him. 



It is not quite certain whether the specimen in the British 

 Museum really belongs to the present species. 



a. Ad. sk. Colombia (?). Purch. of Verreaux *. 



3. NESOPELIA. 



Type. 



Nesopelia, Sunder. Meth. nat. Av. dis]}. Tent. 

 p. 99 (1872) N. galapagoensis. 



Range. Confined to the Galapagos Islands. 



1. Nesopelia galapagoensis. 



Colombi-Galline des Gallapagos, Nebon.v, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 290 (St. 



Charles Isl.). 

 Zenaida galapagoensis, Gould, Vox/. BeagL, Zool. p. 115, pi. 46 (1841) ; 



G.R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 475, n. 2 (1845) ; Rchnb. Syn. Av. ff. 1415- 



16 (1847) {ex Gould) ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1854, p. 170 ; Bp. Consp. Av. 



ii. p. 83 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. xl. pp. 98, 220, n. 248 (1855) ; 



id. Coup <T ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 42, 58, n. 248 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. 



List B. Brit. Mus. Columbfe, p. 48 (1856) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 22, 



t. 227. f. 2484, t. 254. ff. 1415-16 (1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 



* I have not been able to identify the following species: — 

 Zenaida stenura. 



Zenaida stennra, Bp. Mus. Paris, 1854 ; id. Consp. Av. ii. p. 84 (1854) 

 (Colombia) ; id. Compt. Bend. xl. pp. 98, 220, n. 250 (1855) ; id. Coup 

 d'ail Ordrc Pig. pp. 43, 58, n. 250 (1855). 



Zenaida (Stenurcena) stenura, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 20 (1862). 



Stenuroena stenura, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 241, n. 9358 (1870) ; Rein. 

 8; Rcknw. Nomemcl, Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 284 (1889) (Bogota). 



Charuapelia stenura, Gieb. Thcs. Om. i. p. 636 (1872). 



" Similis Z. pentherim, sed minor, dilutior, magis rufescens ; tectricibus infe- 

 rioribus et alis subtus dilute cinereis ; rectricibus fasciola subterminali, omnibus 

 angustis ; extima utrinque fere lineari. Ex Columbia." (Bp.) 



Tbe type is no longer in the Paris Museum, and I am very doubtful 

 whether it was not a damaged specimen of Z. ruficauda, with the outer tail- 

 feather reduced from moth-eating or some other cause ; as to the specimen 

 in the British Museum, I am inclined to attribute it to Z. jessiea. 



