568 PERISTERIDJ3. 



Am. iii. p. 393 (1874) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 556 (C. Peru) 

 Gundl. J.f. O. 1874, pp. 294 (Cuba), 313 (Porto Pico); Gieb 

 Thes. Orn. ii. p. 255 (1875) (syn. emend.) ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 43 (San Carlos, Costa Rica) ; Gundl. Anal. Soc. Esp 

 Hist. Nat. vii. p. 348 (1878) ; id. J.f. O. 1878, pp. 161, 186 

 Lata: Pr. U.S. Nat, Mus. i. pp! 196 (St. Vincent), 276 (Grenada) 

 487 (part.) (1878); Sclat. 8f Salt: P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 640 

 (Bolivia) ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 43 (St. Vincent) ; A. fy E. Newt. 

 Handb. Jam, p. 114 (1881) : Sumichr. Naturaleza, v. p. 232, n. 36 

 (1881) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 48 (N.E. Peru) ; Salv. Cat. B. 

 Strukl. Coll. p. 550 (1882); Sclat, List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 457 

 (1883) ; Berl. § J/ier. Zeitsch: d. yes. Orn. 1885, p. 178 (Rio 

 Grande do Sul) ; Cory, B. Haiti § San Dominyo, p. 132 (1885) ; 

 id. List B. W. Ind. p. 24 (1885) ; Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 174 (Guiana) ; 

 Con/, Ibis, 1886, p. 473 (St. Vincent) : Wells, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, p. 625 ( Grenada) ; id. List B. Grenada, p. 7 (1886 ) ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Per. iii. p. 260, Tables, p. 103 (1886) ; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 

 C. R. 1887, p. 127 ; Cory, Auk, 1887, p. 118 ; Berl. J. f. O. 1887, 

 p. 124 ; Ridgvo. Man. N. Am. B. p. 217 (1887) : W. E. D. Scott, 

 Auk, 1889, p. 160 (Key West) ; Tristr. Cat, Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; 

 Con/, B. W. Ind. p. 219 (1889) ; Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. ii. 

 p. 106 (1889) (Bolivia) : Hartert,Kat. Toyelsamml. p. 187 (1891) ; 

 Scott, Auk, 1892, p. 124 (Jamaica) ; Chapm. Bull. Am. Mus. 

 N. H. iv. p. 293 (1892) (Cuba) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. A. Birds, 

 p. 154 (1892). 



Oreopeleia montana, Bchnb. Av. Syst. Nat, p. xxv (1852) ; id. 

 Tauben, i. p. 31, t. 266. ff. 2882-83 (1862), ii. p. 165 (1862) ; G. 

 R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 242, n. 9374 (1870); Pelz. Orn. Bras. 

 pp. 279, 451, liv (1871). 



Geotrygon cayennensis, Bp. Com/it. Bend. xl. p. 100 (1855). 



Oreopelia montana, Barm. Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., I'm/, ii. p. 306 

 (1.-56). 



Geotrygon, sp., Sclat, ty Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 3<0 (Panama). 



Columba (Geotrygou) montana, Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. x. 

 p. 257 (1866), xi. p. 96 (St. Domingo) (1866). 



Oropelia montana, Hein. 8/ Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 285 

 (1889). 



Stamasnas montana, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 165 (1873). 



? Starncenas cuprea, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 165 (1873). 



Adult male. Upper parts bright rufous, with a bright purple 

 tinge, especially on the occiput, nape, sides of the neck, and mantle ; 

 under the eyes from the base of the lower mandible to the ear- 

 coverts a pale reddish band, below which there is a second band of 

 a rufous purple joining the occiput ; throat and a band ou the sides 

 of the breast whitish fawn-colour; breast rufous purple ; abdomen, 

 vent, and under tail-coverts fawn-colour ; quills rufous brown, 

 brighter rufous on the outer web, and also on the inner web towards 

 the base ; under wing- coverts rufous ; tail purple-rufous, the tips 

 of the lateral feathers lighter : " bill horn-colour, with the base 

 above carmine-red ; feet reddish white, with the scales dark car- 

 mine-red, the scales of the toes scarcely red ; naked skin round the 

 eyes dull carmine-red ; eyelids bright carmine-red : iris brownish 

 orange-yellow" (Gundlach). Total length 9-25 inches, wing 5 - 75, 

 tail ^-25, bill 0-5, tarsus 1*05. 





