7. SCARDAFELLA. 465 



edged with black ; two central tail-feathers greyish brown, the 

 next two pairs brown at the base, black towards the tip, the three 

 outer pairs black, with broad white tips, increasing towards the 

 outer feather : " bill brownish black " ( Wied) ; " feet flesh-colour ; 

 iris carmine-red " {Simons). Total length about 8 inches, wing 

 3-75, tail 4, bill 0-50, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Similar, but feathers faintly mottled, and markings less 

 sharply defined. 



Hub. Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia. 



a, b. Ad. st. S. America. Purchased. 



c. Juv.sk. S. America. Purchased. 



d. 3 ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brazil (Joyner). 



e. Ad. st. E-ahia, Brazil. Sudbury Mus. Coll. 

 f,f/,h. Ad.sk. Bahia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (', k. Ad. sk. Peruambuco, Brazil (Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. 3 ad. sk. Jose Dias, Brazil, July (Nat- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



terer). 



m. Ad, sk. Ceara, N. Brazil ( W. Jesse). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. $ ad. sk. Valencia, U.S. of Colombia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May (Simons). 



o,p. Ad. sk. Trinidad. Purchased. 



q. 2 skeleton. Purchased. 



2. Scardafella inca. 



Cocotzin, Hernand. Thes. p. 211, cap. 44. 



Columba squamosa, Licht. (nee auct.) Preis-Verz. Mexic. Vog. etc. 

 p. 3, n. 12-", (1830); Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 519 (Mexico) ; Licht. 

 J.f.O. 1863, p. 58. 



Chamaspelia inca, Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 211 (1847) ; G. R. 

 Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbte, p. 51 (1856) (Mexico). 



Columbina squamosa (part.), Rchnb. Syn. Av. If. 1393, 1410 (?) 

 (1847). _ 



Chamaspelia squamosa, part., Licht. Nomencl. p. 83 (1854) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. i. p. 635 (1872). 



Scardafella inca, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 85 (1854) (Guatemala) ; id. 

 Compt. Rend. xl. pp. 24, 220, n. 254 (1855) ; id. Coup d'oeil Ordre 

 I'iil. pp. 43, 58, n. 254 (1855) ; id. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 946 

 (1856) (Mexico and Guatemala); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309 

 (Cordova) ; Baird, List, n. 452 (1858) ; Sclat. Sy Salv. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 223 (C'entr. Anier.); Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 61 (Honduras, 

 Cuatemala); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 391 (Oaxaca) ; Salt). Ibis, 

 1860, p. 45 (Guatemala); Tai/l. Ms, 1860, p. 227 (Honduras); 

 Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 19, t. 250. f. 1393, t. 253. f. 1410 (?) (1862), 

 ii. p. 163 (1862) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, v. 178 (Mexico^ ; Elliot, 

 lllustr. B. N. Am. ii. pi. 37 (pt. vii. 1867) ; Coop. Orn. Col. 

 i. p. 519 (1870) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 240, n. 9340 (1870) ; 

 Duges, Naturaleza, i. p. 141, n. 172 (1870) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. 

 Coluniba>, p. 22(1878); Sclat. §• Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. 

 p. 183(1878); Baird, Brew., Si- Ridt/tc. Hist. X. Am. Birds, iii. 

 p. 3-7 (1874); Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. X. H. ii. p. 305 (1874); 

 id. Bull. U.S. Nut. Mus. n. 4, p. 44 (1876) ; Sanchez, An. Mus. 



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