496 peeisterid^;. 



tail-covcrts buff; spots on the wings as in the male, but more 

 purple and less blue ; central pair of rectrices brown-olive, the 

 lateral rectrices brown, greyish towards the bases, and tipped with 

 greyish brown, lighter on the outer ones, the tips on the outer 

 pair whitish buff ; tail underneath dark chocolate-brown, with the 

 tips of the feathers greyish buff. 



Young. Similar to the female, but more rufous on the upper 

 parts, and with the feathers distinctly edged with rufous ; dark 

 spots on the wings only on the greater coverts, and of a brown- 

 chocolate ; behind these spots the tips of the greater inner wing- 

 coverts paler brown. 



Hah. Southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, 

 Ecuador, and Peru. 



Mexican and Guatemalan birds have the under wing-coverts 

 black, with no admixture of cinnamon- rufous. 



Jalapa, S. Mexico (de Oca). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Volean de Fuego, Guate- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mala. 



Calderas, Volean de Fuego, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guatemala, Oct. (0. S.). 



New Granada. Purchased. 



New Granada. Purchased. 



Venezuela (Spencr). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Monji, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Juna, Ecuador {Buckley). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Huasampilla, Peru, March Salvin-Godman Coll.* 



(H. Whitely). 



* I have failed to identify Columba melancholica, Tsch., which by Taczanowski 

 (Orn. Per. iii. p. 251) has been referred to Peristera mondctoura. As Tschudi's 

 description does not at all agree with P. mondctoura, I asked the Authorities of 

 the Museum of Neuchiitel to send me for inspection the type of C. 'Melancholica, 

 but unfortunately it cannot be found. 



Columba melancholica, Tsch. Wiegm.Arch. filr Nat. 1844, 1. p. 306, n. 270; 



id. Faun. Per., Aves, pp. 45, 277 (1844-46) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bias., 



Vog. ii. p. 306 (1856). 

 Starnoenas melancholica, G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 479, n. 2 (1845). 

 Leptoptila melancholica, Bp. fide Consp. Av. ii. p. 70 (1854) ; id. Corrupt. 



Bend, xl. p. 100 (1855). 

 Geotrygon melancholica, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 70 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 



xl. p. 220, n. 205 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 35, 58, n. 205 



(1855) ; Sclat. $ Salv. Exot. Orn, p. 79 (1867) ; G. B. Gr. Hand-list, 



ii. p. 243, n. 9397 (1870). 

 Oreopeleia? melancholica, Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 33, n. 75 (1862). 

 Peristera melancholica, Gicb. Thcs. Orn. ii. p. 67 (1877). 



" Haube violetbraun ; Stirn und Gesicht gelblichfalb ; Nacken, Riicken, und 

 Biirzel rothbraun ; Oberflugeldeeken rostfarben, mit yiolettem Anfluge, die der 

 zweiten und dritten Ordnung an der Spitze mit einem rothlichen Flecken ; 

 Fittig- und Schwungfedern schiefergrau, am aussern Fahnenbarte und an der 

 Spitze leii'ht rostroth gesaumt ; Schwanzfedern rostbraun, die mittlern dunkler 

 als die aussern, auf der untern Seite smd alle viel heller ; Kehle weisslich ; 

 Brust mit einem violetten Anfluge ; Bauch, Weichen, und Schienen rothlich- 

 weiss ; Unterflugdecken falb. Schnabel an der Basis blau, im iibrigen Verlaufe 



