498 PERISTERID^. 



Plata Reise, i. p. 306, ii. 496 (1861) (Cordillera Argent.) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 330, 339 ; Sclat. $} Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 155 



(Tinta, Peru) ; Sclat. P.Z. S. 1870, p. 665; Soma, Mus. Nac. Lisb. 



Columbas, p. 20 (1873; ; Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. 



p. 132 (1873) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 468, 639, 1874, pp. 250, 



256; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 555 (Peru) ; Sclat. 8>- Salv. P. Z. S. 



1876, p. 17 ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 549 (1882) ; Sclat. List 



Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 456 (1883) ; Boeck, Mitth. orn. Ver. Wien, 



1884, p. 165 : Berl. 8? Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 311 (W. Ecuador) ; 



Tacz. §■ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. Ill (Chimborazo) ; Tacz. Orn. Per. 



iii. p. 239, Table, p. 102 (1886) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 402 ; id. 



Argent. Orn. ii. p. 142 (1889); Heine 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. 



Hein. Orn. p. 284 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; 



Frenzel, J. f. O. 1891, p. 123 ; James, Neiv List of Chil. B. p. 10, 



n. 167 (1892). 

 Peristera melanoptera, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 52 



(1856) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 82 (Ecuador). 

 Metriopeleia melanoptera, Rchnb. Tauben,'\. p. 17, t. 2536. ff. 1375-76 



(1862), ii. p. 163 (1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 242, n. 9368 



(1870). 

 Chamsepelia melanoptera, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 635 (1872). 

 Melopelia melanoptera, \>axt.,Schleg.Mus.P.-B. Columbse, p.l53(1873). 



Adult male. Upper parts greyish brown, changing into grey on 

 the edges of the outer upper wing-coverts, and into white on the 

 bend of the wing ; underparts and sides of the neck pale vinous ; 

 under tail-coverts dark grey, the longest almost black ; flanks 

 grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, tertials like 

 the back ; carpal edge of the wing whitish ; inner under wing- 

 coverts black, the outer ones white; tail black, changing into 

 grey towards the base of the feathers, the two central feathers 

 greyish black : " bill black ; feet brown, with the toes almost 

 black; iris silvery whitish ('dark brown,' Stolzmanri) ; naked skin 

 round the eyes milky orange (' orange lacte '), behind and underneath 

 with flesh-colour papillae, in front above with black papillae " 

 (Taczanowsli). Total length about 8-5 inches, wing 5-25, tail 

 3-75, bill 0-5, tarsus 0-7. 



Female. Similar to the male, but without the vinous tinge on the 

 underparts, which are pale greyish brown, almost white on the 

 chin and on the middle of the abdomen. 



Ecuador specimens, as already noticed by Graf von Berlepsch and 

 Taczanowski, are darker than Peruvian and Chilian ones. 



Hab. Western S. America, from Ecuador to Chili, and also on 

 the Argentine side of the Cordilleras. 



a. Ad. sk. Near Pasto, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Lehmann). 



b. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Higguis). 



c. d. Ad. sk. Sical, Ecuador (Buckley}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Ecuador (Higgins). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. 3 ad. sk. Tinta, Peru, May (H Tweeddale Coll. 



Whitely). 



g. 3 ad. sk. Tinta, Peru, June (-ff. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Whitely). 



