30. GEOTRYGON. 565 



. Quills below uniform grey ; under wjng- 

 coverts brown, but not cinnamon. 

 e. Breast grey, sligbtly tinged with greenish. 

 o" . Upper parts dark olive ; back violet- 

 purple lawrencei, p. 576. 



/". Upper parts brown-violet; hind neck 



green costaricensis, p. 577. 



/'. Underparts greyish brown or rufous brown. 

 y". Underparts greyish brown ; forehead 

 and cheeks vinous. 

 ('" . Vertex and occiput grey. 



C*. Lighter : forehead and cheeks pale 



vinous bourcieri, p. 577. 



</'. Darker : forehead and cheeks dark 



vinous erythropareia, p. 578. 



</'". Vertex and occiput vinous frenata, p. 578. 



h". Underparts rufous brown ; a black line, 



more or less distinct, borders the 



cheeks below. 



.■•'". Breast deep rufous ; upper part of 



the head grey, with a slight tinge of 



irreenish chiriquensis, p. 579. 



f" . Breast pale rufous ; head above not 

 uniform. 

 e\ Forehead rufous. 



a 5 . Occiput grey linearis, p. 580. 



b s . Occiput rufous vinous in the 



middle, grey on the sides .... vetiezueknsis, p. 581. 

 f\ Forehead whitish ; vertex and oc- 

 ciput more or less grey ; an 

 occipital patch golden violet, in 

 Mexican specimens narrower and 

 duller, and bordered on the sides 

 more broadly with grey ; a dark 

 line bordering the cheeks below, 

 distinct only in some specimens. . albifacies, p. 581. 



1. Geotrygon violacea. 



Columba violacea, Temm. $ Knip, Pit/, i. fain, trois. p. 67, pi. 29 



(1S08-11); Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i.' pp. 200, 470 (1813) ; Heill. 



N. D. xxvi. p. 856 (1818); Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 59 (1819); 



Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 330 (1823) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. 



p. 334 (1826); Waql. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 72 (1827); Leas. 



Tr. ,!'<),;,. p. 471 (1881); id. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii.p. 4G (1837) 



(Saint Thomas !, Mange") ; id. op. eit. 2nd ed. p. 281 (1838) ; Harm. 



Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., Vog. ii. p. 307, note 2 (1850). 

 Peristera violacea, G. R. Or. List GaiUnce Brit. Mm. p. 55 (1844); 



Hard. Syst Vera. p. 99 (1844); O. U. Or. Gen. B. ii. p. 476, 



n. :> (1845); Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbaria, Xorit. t. 257 b. f. 3391 



(leqe 3380) (1851) j G. E. Gr. List B. Brit. Mm. Coluinb*, p. 55 



(1856). 

 Leptoptila violacea, Schnb. fide lip. Consp. Av. ii. p. 72. 

 <teotrvgon violacea, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 72 (1864)'; id. Compt. 



Rend. xl. pp. 100,220, n. 21 1 (1855); id. Coup eCceU Ordre Fig. 



pp. 35, 58, n. 211 (1855); Lain: Ami. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 477 



