566 PERISTERLD-E. 



(Panama) (1862) ; Sclat. Sf Salv. Eaot. Orn. p. 79 (1867); Soma, 



Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columba?, p. 19 (1873) ; Sclat. fy Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotrop. p. 134, n. 13 (1873); Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 256 



(1875) (syn. emend.) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 551 (1882). 

 Columba cayanensis, Burm. (nee Briss.) Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., Yog. 



ii. p. 307 (1856). 

 Oreopeleia violacea, Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 33, t. 257 b. f. 3386 (1862) ; 



G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 242, n. 9375 (1870) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 279, 451. Iv (Ypanema) (1871). 

 Geotrygon albiventer, Later. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1865, p. 108 



(Panama); Ed. Ibis, 1866, p. 120; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vs.. 



p. 135 (1868) (Angostura, Costa Rica), p. 149 (1868); Frantz. 



J. f. 0. 1869, p. 371 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 254 (1875). 

 Geotrygon albiventris, Sclat. fy Salv. Eaot. Orn. p. 78 (1867). 

 Oreopeleia albiventer, G. M. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 242, n. 9377 



(1870). 

 Stamcenas violacea, Schley. Mus. Pays-Bas, Columba?, p. 165 (1873 > 



(type, Surinam). 

 Oropelia violacea, Hem. & Bchnw. Nomencl. Mvs. Hein. Orn. p. 285 



(1889). 



Adult. Forehead whitish, changing into grey on the vertex ; 

 on the occiput a purple-golden patch ; hind neck and mantle metallic- 

 purple, with the base of the feathers brown ; lower back olive, with 

 the edges of the feathers dull purple ; the feathers of the rump and 

 the upper tail-coverts are dull cinnamon, with purple edges ; sides- 

 of the head whitish grey ; throat pure white, changing into vinous- 

 on the lower part and on the crop-region : this vinous colour again 

 changes into white on the lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts; upper wing-coverts and secondaries brown-olive, the 

 smaller upper wing-coverts with more distinct purple edges; pri- 

 maries cinnamon, with olive-brown tips ; inner under wing-coverts 

 white, with blackish tips, the outermost ones cinnamon ; tail above 

 cinnamon-purple, nearly uniform, underneath dull cinnamon, tinged 

 with brown towards the tip of the inner webs : bill yellowish ; feet 

 pale in dry skins. Total length about 10 inches, wing 6*2, tail 

 3-75, bill 0-6, tarsus 1-1. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the upper parts olive- 

 brown, with purple reflections on the mantle, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts ; upper breast brown : rest of the underparts white, with a 

 slight buffy tinge. 



Hob. Brazil and Central America. 



The Central- American bird (G. albiventer) does not seem different 

 from the Brazilian one, although there appears at present to be a 

 large gap between the two areas of distribution. The type of 

 G. albiventer, kindly lent to Mr. Salvin by Mr. Allen, shows that it 

 is a young bird assuming adult plumage. 



a,b. $ $ ad. sk. Brazil. Lord Stuart de Rothe- 



et st. say [P.]. 



c, d. S ad. sk. Babia, Brazil ( Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. cJ ad. sk. Babia, Brazil. Purcbased. 



/. <3 ad. sk. Panama. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



