4. MEL0PEL1A. 395 



q" . Ad. sk. Duefias, Guatemala {Fro- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ser). 



r". cS ad. sk. San Geronimo, Vera Paz, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



.March (0. S.). 



s". Ad. sk. Honduras. Leyland Coll. 



t". Juv. .-k. San Pedro, Honduras (G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



M. Whxtely). 



u". 3 ad. sk. La Libertad, Salvador, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May ( W.B.Richard- 

 son), 



v". r> ad. sk. Costa Rica (J. Carmiol). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



to". J ad. sk. Near Spanish Town, Ja- Smithsonian Tnstitu- 



maica, May ( W. T. tion [P.]. 



March). 



x", y". Ad. et juv. sk. Jamaica. Gould Coll. 



z". Ad. sk. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



a 3 . Ad. sk. W. Indies. Purchased. 



b 3 . Ad. sk. No locality. Purchased. 



2. Melopelia meloda. 



Columba meloda, Tsch. Archie f. Naturg. lbA'->. 1. p. 385 (Peru) ; id. 



Faun. Per., Aves, pp. 44, 276, t. 29 | L844-46). 

 Columbina? meloda, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 474, n. 6 (1845), App. 



p. 24 (1849). 

 Zenaida souleyetiana, JJc- Murs, i?i Gay's Hist. de Chili, i. p. 380, 



t. vii. (1847). 

 Zenaida meloda. Rchnb. Syn. Av. f. 1418 (1847): Gr.fide Bp. Consp. 



Av. ii. p. 81 (1854). 

 Melopelia meloda, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 81 (1854).; id. Compt. Rend. 



xl. p. 2-20. n. 241 (1855) : id. Coup d'uil Ordre Pig. p. 58, n. 241 



(1855) ; id. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 946 i L856); Sclat. P. Z. £.1867, 



pp. 330, 839 (Chili); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 241, n. 9362 



(1870) ; Sclat. # Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. L33, n. 2 (1873) (Peru 



and Chili): Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. p. 241 (1886). 

 Columba leucoptera, Aliq.Jide Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 81 (1854). 

 Melopelia soulevetiana, Bp. in lift, fide Consp. Av. ii. p. 81 (1854) : 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 241, n. 9363 (1870). 

 Melopeleia meloda, Rchnb. Tauten, i. p. 23, t. 254. f. 1418 (1862). 

 Chamaepjlia meloda, Gieb. Thes. <)m. i. p. 635 (1872). 

 Melopelia leucoptera, part.. Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 152 



(1873). 



Adult male. Similar to the male of M. leucoptera, from which it 

 differs in having a stronger bill, and the light tips to the lateral 

 tail-feathers narrower and decidedly of a grey colour. Size of 

 M. leucoptera, but bill larger, U-78 inch. " Irides brown : naked 

 skin round the eyes ultramarine ; beak black ; feet carmine " 

 (Berl-tliy James). 



Hah. Peru and N. Chili. 



a. <J ad. sk. Pica. Pr. of Tarapaca, N. Chili. H. Berkeley James 

 4000 feet [ p 0- 



