560 PERISTERID2E. 



abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, the latter slightly tinged 

 with brown on the outer webs ; sides brown ; quills brown, inner 

 webs, under wing-coverts, and axillaries cinnamon ; tail olive-brown, 

 with the shafts of the feathers brown, almost black ; the outer tail- 

 feathers brown-black, tipped with white : " bill black ; tarsi and toes 

 bright carmine-red " {Lawrence). Total length about 10 inches, 

 wing 5*5, tail 4, bill - 6, tarsus 1*3. 

 Hob. Grenada, Antilles. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Grenada, W.I., Sept. (D. W. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Smith). (Compared with the type.) 



13. Leptoptila pallida. 



Leptoptila pallida, Berl. § Tacz. P.Z. S. 1883, p. 575 (Chimbo, W. 

 Ecuador) ; Tacz. $ Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. Ill, 117, 121 ; Rchnw. 

 # Schal. J.f. O. 1885, p. 455. 



Adult. Upper parts rufous brown, the interscapular region with 

 a purple tinge ; forehead white, changing into bluish grey on the 

 crown ; occiput and hind neck dull purplish grey ; sides of the head 

 with a pale ochreous tinge ; chin and middle of the throat white ; 

 rest of the throat and breast pale vinous, greyish on the sides, and 

 changing into white on the middle of the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts ; the latter tinged with brown-olive on the outer webs ; 

 sides pale brown ; primaries brown, the outer webs with narrow 

 rufescent edges ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of the quills 

 towards the base cinnamon ; tail rufous brown, the outer three (or 

 four?) pairs of feathers more or less darker near the tips, which 

 are white : " bill black ; feet red ; iris pale yellow " (Stolzmann). 

 Total length about 9-5 inches, wing 5 - 5, tail 3-5, bill 0-6, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. Western Ecuador. 



a. Ad. sk. Balzar Mountains, W. Ecuador Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Illingworth) . 



14. Leptoptila cassini. 



Leptoptila verreauxi, Cass, (nee Bp.) Pr. Ac. N.S. Philad. 1860, p. 195 

 (Turbo and R. Truando) ; ? Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 333 

 (1862) (R. Truando, New Granada). 



Leptoptila ?, Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 370 (Panama). 



p. 371; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 243, n. 9387 (1870); Sclat. $ 



Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 134, n. 10 (1873) (Panama) ; Bowl. 



Om. Misc. iii. p. 8, pi. xcii. (pt. xii., 1878) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 43 (Costa Rica). 

 Peristera cassini, part., Gieb. Thes. Om. iii. p. 66 (1877). 

 Engyptila cassini. Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. C. R. 1887, p. 127 (Costa 



Rica). 



Adult male. Upper parts olive-brown ; forehead whitish grey, 



