9. COLUMBULA. 471 



Columbina picui, G. R. Gr. List of Gallince B. M. p. 13 (1844) ; id 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 474, n. 1 (1845) ; Hartl. Ind. Apunt. Azar. p. 21, 

 n. 324 (1847) ; Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbarise, Novit. t. 263 b. ff. 3377 

 -78 (1851) ; id.Av. Bust. Ant. p. xxiv (1852) ; id. Tauben, i. p. 17, 

 t. 2536. ft". 3377-78 (i8G2), ii. p. 163 (1862). 



Columbula strepitans, Bp. Comp. Av. ii. p. 80 (1854) ; id. Compt. 

 Rend. xl. pp. 23, 220, n. 236 (1855); id. Coup d'ccil Ordre Big. 

 pp. 39, 58, n. 230 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mm. Co- 

 lumbfe, p. 45 (1856) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., Vogel, p. 290 

 (1856) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 330, 339 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, 

 ii. p. 240, n. 9344 (1870); Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 276 (uote), 450 

 (1871) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbte, p. 21 (1873). 



Columbula picui, Bp. Comp. Av. ii. p. 80 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. 

 xl. pp. 23, 220, n. 238 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Big. pp. 39, 

 58, n. 238 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Colurn'bfe, p. 46 

 (1856); Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., Vog. ii. p. 300 (1856); id. 

 J. f. O. 1860, p. 259; id. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 496 (1861) 

 (M"endoza, Parana, Tucuman) ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 143 

 (Conchitas) ; Sternberg, J. f. O. 1869, p. 273 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Holtz, J. f. O. 1870, p. 19 (eg-g) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 240, 

 n. 9344 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 276, 451, liv (1871) ; Sclat. 

 Sr Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 133 (1873); Durnf. Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 163 (Buenos Ayres), 1877, p. 193; Sclat. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 640 (Bolivia) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 7 ; Durnf. Ibis, 1880, p. 418 ; 

 White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 626 ; Barroios, Auk, 1884, p. 275 (Lower 

 Uruguay); Boeck,Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. 165; Gibs. Ibis, 

 1885, p. 282 ; Bcrl. §■ Jher. Zeitsch. d. ges. Orn. 1855, p. 176 (Rio 

 Grande do Sul) ; Berl. J.f.O. 1887, p. 124 ; Withington, Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 465 ; Sclat. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 143 (1889) ; Holl. $ Sclat. Ibis, 

 1891, p. 16; Ha'rtert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 187 (1891) ; Frenzel, 

 J. f. O. 1891, p. 123 ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, p. 209 ; James, New List 

 C/iil. Birds, p. 10, n. 170 (1892). 



ChaniKpelia picui, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 635 (1872). 



Peristera picui, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Colurnbas, p. 137 (1S73). 



Adult male. Above brownish cinereous, forehead almost white; 

 occiput and nape pure grey; beneath pale vinaceous, becoming white 

 on the throat, lower belly, and crissum ; inner upper wing-coverts 

 like the back, the outer ones paler, and these, together with the inner 

 secondaries, bordered with white on the outer webs ; on the lesser 

 wing-coverts a narrow band of steel-blue ; quills, primary-coverts, 

 bastard-wing, and under wing-coverts black ; four or six central tail- 

 feathers like the back, the next two pairs white, edged with brownish 

 grey on the outer webs, the outer feathers entirely white : bill black ; 

 " iris lilac " ( White) ; feet purple-red. Total length about 7 inches, 

 wing 3 - 6, tail 3-o, bill 0'45, tarsus 0*65. 



female. Similar, but duller ; above nearly uniform brown ; breast 

 pale brown with no vinous tinge. 



llab. S. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentine, Chili, and Bolivia. 



An adult specimen, apparently a female, from Cear;i, X. Brazil, 

 mentioned below, is much lighter than any other I have seen. 



a. Ad. sk. Paraguay. Alan Peel, Esq. [P.]. 



ft.Ad.sk. Buenos Ayres, Dec. H. Durnford, Esq. [C], 



c. Ad. sk. Ilio Negro. 



