574 PEKISTERID^E. 



March, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1863, p. 300 ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 130; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 243, n. 9391 (1870); Sousa, 

 Mus. Nac. Lisb. Coluinbfe, p. 18 (1873) ; Sclat. $• Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotrop. p. 134, n. 1 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 254 (1875) ; 

 Salv. Ibis, 1878, p. 448 ; A. 8f E. Newt. Handb. Jam. p. 114 

 (1881) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 551 (1882) ; Cory, List, B. W. 

 Ind. p. 24 (1885) ; id. Auk, 1887, p. 117 ; id. B. W. bid. p. 218 

 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; Scott, Auk, 1892, p. 125 

 (Jamaica). 

 Starncenas cristata, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Colurnbae, p. 164 (1873). 



Adult male. Forehead blackish grey, shading into olive-brown on 

 the vertex and occiput ; a broad malar stripe of a dull rufous ; also 

 the throat tinged with rufous ; neck golden green, with purple reflec- 

 tions ; interscapular region and upper wing-coverts purple-chestnut ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark greenish blue with 

 some purple reflections : breast dark grey ; middle of the abdomen 

 pale vinous ; sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts chestnut, the 

 latter with pale edges ; primaries cinnamon, with the tips, especially 

 on the inner webs, greenish black ; secondaries blackish green ; 

 under wing-coverts cinnamon ; tail blackish green, underneath 

 brown : bill black ; feet yellow (in dry skins). Total length about 

 11 inches, wing 6-6, tail 4, bill - 8, tarsus 1-3. 



Young. Duller than the adult, with many dark olive feathers 

 among the purple ones of the back and upper wing-coverts ; greater 

 wing-coverts brown, with rufous edges. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



This species has the frontal feathers rather long and stiff. 



a. Ad. st. Jamaica. Zoological Society's 



Coll. 



b. Ad. st. Jamaica. Purchased. 



c. c? ad. sk. St. Ann's, Jamaica, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



( W. T. March). 



d. Ad.sk. Jamaica (Gosse). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Spanishtown, Jamaica ( W. Smithsonian Instit. 



T. March). [P.]. 



/. Juv. sk. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Purchased. 



k. Skeleton. Zoological Society's 



Coll. 

 2. Skull. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



7. Geotrygon caniceps. 



Columha caniceps, Gundl. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vi. p. 315 



(1852) ; id. J.f. 0. 1870, p. 282. 

 Geotrygon caniceps, Gundl. J.f. O. 1856, p. 110; Bp. Compt. Bend. 



xlii'i. p. 943 (1856); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 99; Brewer, Pr. Bost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 307 (1860) ; Gundl. J.f. O. 1861, pp. 336, 



416, 1862, p. 189 ; id. Rep. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 300 (1866) ; 



Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 130 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 243, n. 9399 



(1870) ; Sclat. 8? Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 134, n. 3 (1873) ; 



Gundl. J. f. O. 1874, p. 295 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 254 (1875) 



