486 PERISTERID.a3. 



Talpacotia cinnamoniea, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 79, n. 1 (18-54) ; id. 



Compt. Bend. xl. pp. 22, 220, n. 233 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ail Ordre 



Pig. pp. 39, 58, n. 233 (1855) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbse, 



p. 21 (1873). 

 Chamsepelia godina, Bp. Mus. Paris ( 5 , type examined) ; Pelz. 



Orn. Bras. p. 450 (1871) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 634 (1872) ; Sclat. 



fy Salv. P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 22. 

 Talpacotia godina, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 79, n. 3 (1854) (Brazil, 



Bolivia) ; id. Compt. Bend. xl. pp. 22. 219, n. 235 (1855) (PCentr. 



America) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 39, 58, n. 235 (1855) ; 



G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 240, n. 9343 (1870) ; ? Sousa, Mus. Nac. 



Lisb. Columbte, p. 21 (1873) (Surinam !) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, 



p. 555 (Centr. Pern), 1879, p. 243. 

 Talpacotia godinffi (errore), Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., Vbg. ii. 



p. 297 (1857). 

 Chamsepeleia cinnamomina, Bcknb. Tauben, i. p. 15, t. 2536. f. 3379, 



t. 256. f. 1424 (1862), ii. p. 163 (1862). 

 Chamrepeleia godina, Bcknb. Tauben, i. p. 16 (1862). 

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

 Talpacotia talpacoti, G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 246, n. 9341 (1870). 

 Peristera talpacoti, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 136 (1873). 

 Columbigallina talpacoti, Berl. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 124 ; Allen, Bull. Am. 



Mus. N. H. ii. p. 105 (1889) (Bolivia). 

 Leptopelia talpacoti, Hein. §■ Bchmc. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 



p. 283 (1890). 



Adult male. General plumage brown vinous red, paler (almost 

 white) on the breast ; upper part of the head and nape grey, lighter 

 on the forehead ; on the inner wing-coverts, scapulars, and tertials 

 several blotches of a black steel-blue ; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills brown-black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 black ; two central tail-feathers like the back ; the remainder brown- 

 red towards the base, black towards the tip ; the outer feathers 

 edged with pale reddish on the apical part of the outer web : " iris 

 dull yellow-red; feet flesh-colour; bill dark brown" (Wiecl). 

 Total length 7*5 inches, wing 3*6, tail 2 - 75, bill - 51, tarsus - 65. 



Female. Paler and duller in colouring ; a brownish tinge on the 

 mantle ; some specimens have scarcely a vinous tinge, but are tinged 

 with pale brownish grey, with the middle of the abdomen whitish, 

 and the under tail-coverts dull rufous edged with whitish. 



Toting. Has no black blotches on the wings ; the tail-feathers 

 are edged with reddish (at the tip ?) (Burmeister). 



Obs. Specimens kept in confinement often become partially or 

 wholly black. 



Hah. Venezuela (Orinoco), Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, 

 and Peru. 



a. cJad.sk. Quonga. Brit. Guiana, Nov. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. Whitely). 



b, c. (S ad. sk. Annai, Brit. Guiana, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(jff. Wtitely). 



d. 3 ad. sk. Demerara. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



e. Ad. st. [var. Cayenne. H. C. Rothery, Esq. 

 albino] . [P.]. 



f-h. 3 5 a( h sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



