4. MELOPELIA. 391 



p. 241, n. 9356 (1870) ; Sclat. # Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 323 ; 



YSousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columba?, p. 21 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, 



p. 812. 

 Coluinbigallina galapagoensis, Des Murs ty Prev. Voy. Vinus, 



Ois. p. 270, pi. 8 (1849). 

 Geophaps galopagoensis, Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbariae, Novit. t. 227. 



I'. 24*4 (is", I) (rr Voy. Venus). 

 Columba gallopagoensis, Bp.Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 946 (1856) (distinct 



genus). 

 Columba (Zenaida) galapagensis, Sundev. P. Z.S. 1871, p. 125. 

 Nesopelia gallapagensis, Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 99 



,(1872). _ 

 Chamrepelia gallopagoensis, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 634 (1872). 

 Peristera gallopagoensis, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 140 (1873). 

 Zenaida galapagensis, Sclat. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 132, 



n. 5 (1873) : Salv. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 464, 499 (1876). 



Adult nude. Forehead dark vinous, changing into brown-olive on 

 the crown, occiput, nape, mantle, lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts ; throat pale rufous, changing into deep vinous on the 

 breast ; abdomen rusty vinous ; under tail-coverts grey, more or less 

 with a rusty tinge ; ear-coverts silvery grey, bordered above and 

 below with a black line ; feathers of the cheeks vinous, edged with 

 black ; sides of the neck with golden and amethyst reflections ; 

 scapulars and upper wing-coverts brown, each with two black spots, 

 one on each web, the central part of the feathers often whitish ; 

 outer upper wing-coverts whitish on the outer web ; primary- 

 coverts and quills blackish, the latter with paler tips and narrow 

 light edges ; under surface of the quills greyish ; tail greyish brown, 

 with a black subterminal band, leaving a broadish apical band : 

 " iris dark brown ; feet pink ; eyelids pale blue " (Dr. Habel) ; bill 

 black. Total length about 8"5 inches, wing 5 - 25, tail 2-7, bill - 65, 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Female. Similar to the male, only somewhat smaller and paler. 



Hub. Galapagos Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. [Chili.] Capt. Lord Byron [P.]. 



ft.Ad.sk. Galapagos. Capt. Kellett and Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Galapagos (C. Darwin). Eyton Coll. 



d~9- 6 2 ac ^ s k Indefatigable Island, Galapagos Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Dr. A. Habel). 



h. J ad. sk. Bindloe Island, Galapagos, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Nov. (Dr. A. Habel). 



4. MELOPELIA. 



Type. 



BCelopelia, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 81 (1854) M. leucoptera. 



Melopeleia, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 22 (1862). 



Range. From Southern United States to Peru and Chili. 



