482 peristerid^. 



Tristr. Cat. Coll, B. p. 39 (1889) ; Hein. S,- Bchnw. Nomenel. Mm. 



Hein. Orn. p. 283 (1890) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogekamnd. p. 187 



(1891). 

 Ckamaepelia aniazilia, Bp. Coiisp. Av. ii. p. 78 (1854) (Peru, Castel- 



nau) (type examined) ; id. Comjit. Rend. xl. pp. 21, ±20, n. 232 



(1855) ; id. Coup (Fceil Ordre Pig. pp. 38, 56, n. 232 (1855) ; 



Sclat. P. Z. S. 185(3, p. 30 (Bogota) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. 



Colurnba?, p. 50 (1856); Cass. U.S. B.ipl. Exp., Birds, p. 279 



(1858) ; Sclat. 8r Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 370 ( Panama) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 100 (Peru) ; ScJat. 8f Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 753 



(Xeberos) ; G. R. Gr. Sand-list, ii. p. 240, n. 9339 (1870) ; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. pp. 277, 450, liv (1871) ; Wijatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 383 



(Colombia); Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 632 (1872); Sclat. $ Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 306 (Xeberos) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 555 ; Berl. 



J.f. 0. 1884, p. 319. 

 Chamaspelia granatina, Laxor. (nee Bp.) Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 333 



(1861) (Panama). 

 Pyrgitoenas griseola, Rcknb. Tauben, i. p. 15, t. 256. ft'. 1422-23, 



*t. 245 b. ff. 3533-34 (1862). 

 Pyrgitoenas amazilia, Rcknb. Tauben, i. p. 15, ii. p. 162 (1862). 

 Goura griseola, Schleg. De Dierent. p. 208 (1864). 

 Peristera griseola, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 135 (1873). 

 Columbigallina griseola, Berl. J.f. O. 1887, pp. 34, 124 (Paraguay). 



Adult male. Crown, nape, and upper tail-coverts ashy ; back 

 greyish brown ; occiput with a brown tinge ; forehead slightly 

 tinged with vinous ; throat, breast, and abdomen vinaceous : lower 

 abdomen whitish grey ; crissum grey, the feathers white on the 

 edges ; upper wing-coverts greyish vinous, the inner ones with some 

 steel-blue blotches ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, and inner webs of the quills cinnamon; 

 the latter with the outer webs and tips dusky black ; two central 

 tail-feathers like the back ; lateral feathers grey, with a broad 

 subapical black band ; outer tail-feathers edged with white at the 

 tip: "bill brown; iris violet-red ; feet flesh-colour "( Taczanowski). 

 Total length about 6 inches, wing 3, tail 2, bill 0-42, tarsus 0o. 



Female. Upper parts pale greyish brown, with an olive cast, 

 forehead paler ; steel-blue spots on the wings as in the male ; greater 

 upper wing-coverts edged with white ; throat and abdomen whitish ; 

 breast and flanks pale greyish brown ; under tail-coverts pale buff, 

 with the centres dusky grey ; under surface of the wing as in the 

 male ; also the tail as in the male, only the central feathers 

 browner. 



Hub. From Southern Mexico through Central America to Guiana, 

 Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. 



a, b. S a( i. st. S. America. Gould Coll. 



c J ad. sk. Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



May (D. W. Smith). 

 d, e. $ ad. sk. Retalhuleu, Guatemala, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



April, July (TF. B. 



Richardson). 

 f,g. ^^ a d. sk. Isthmus of Panama (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 h, [$]ad. sk. Panama (McLeannan). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



