576 PEEISTERIDiE. 



of a yellowish-brown colour. Total length about 9 inches, wing 

 5-25, tail 3, bill 0-65, tarsus 1-38. 



Hob. Costa Eica, S.E. (Atlantic side) of Veragua and Panama. 



Some specimens show the white of the forehead and upper part 

 of the cheeks tinged with light rufous, and have no grey on the 

 vertex ; these are probably females. Mr. Lawrence's description of 

 G. veraguensis is taken from a similar specimen. Mr. Salvin and 

 myself have examined the type of G. veraguensis, which has been 

 kindly lent us by Mr. Allen, and there is not the least doubt tbat 

 it is the same as G. ruftventris. Mr. Salvin's plate of the type of 

 G. veraguensis is too greenish on the back and upper wing-coverts, 

 and shows too much white on the cheeks, on which there is no 

 black line along the middle, under the eyes, that line depending 

 upon the arrangement of the feathers which show the black bases. 

 The original sketch was taken from the type specimen under glass 

 while in Dr. Merritt's possession. 



a. Ad. sk. Montana del Verniejo, Veragua Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Arce). 



b-e. Ad. sk. Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



f. <$ ad. sk. Aqua Dulce, Panama. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Geotrygon lawrencei. 



Geotrygon veraguensis, Salv. (nee Lawr.) P. Z. S. 1867, p. 159 



(Santiago de Veraguas). 

 Geotrygon lawrencii, »S'«/y. Ibis, 1874, p. 329 (Veragua). 



Adult male. Forehead, cheeks, and throat white ; two black 

 lines, one narrower under the eyes, the other under the cheeks : 

 vertex grey, changing into dull green on the occiput and hind part 

 of the neck ; mantle and edges of the smaller upper wing-coverts 

 dark purple ; rest of the upper parts dark olive ; breast grey, with 

 a slight greenish tinge, especially on the sides ; abdomen white in 

 the middle, olive-brown on the sides ; under tail-coverts white, some 

 of them grey, especially on the outer webs ; quills slate-grey, 

 tertials dark olive like the back ; quills underneath dark grey ; 

 under wing-coverts greyish brown ; central tail-feathers dark olive, 

 the lateral ones slate-grey, with a pale narrow terminal band : 

 " bill black ; feet red" {Salvin). Total length about 10 inches, 

 wing 5-6, tail 3T, bill 0*55, tarsus 1*6. 



Young. Dark brown, with a black line along the reddish edges 

 of the feathers of the upper parts and upper wing-coverts : some 

 green reflections on the hind neck, and a purple tinge on the 

 mantle ; cheeks and throat whitish ; two black lines, one under the 

 eyes, the other under the cheeks sufficiently distinct. 



Hab. Pacific side of Veragua. 



a. Ad. sk. Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. Ad. etpull. sk. Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. | 

 d. 6 ad. sk. Calobre, Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. ( 



(Types of species.) 



