f>80 PEEISTERTDJS. 



brown, the tips of the lateral feathers paler : bill black ; feet red- 

 Total length about 12 inches, wing 6, tail 4, bill 0-61, tarsus 1-65. 



Female. Similar to the male, only smaller. 



Young birds have the upper parts brown-chestnut, with the 

 feathers barred with black ; the underparts are lighter, with black 

 crescentic bands ; no grey on the head and no purple on the upper 

 parts. 



Hub. Yeragua and Costa Eica. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Castillo, Veragua (Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. $ ad. et Calovevora, Veragua (Arce). Sabin-Godrnan Coll. 

 Jut. sk. 



d, e,f. Ad. etjuv. Veragua {Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. et ad. st. 

 g. cJ imm.sk. Southern slope of the Volcano Salvin-Godman Coll. 



of Chiriqui (Arce). 

 h. hum. sk. Panama. Tweeddale Coll. 



15. Geotrygon linearis. 



Columba linearis, Prcv. ty Knip, Piy. ii. pi. 55 (1838-43). 



Columhigallina linearis, Free, op. cit. p. 104 (1838-43). 



Peristera linearis, G. B. Or. Gen. B. App. p. 24 (1849); id. List B, 



Brit. Mus. Columba?, p. 56 (1856). 

 Geotrvgon linearis, Bp. C'onsp. Av. ii. p. 71 (1854): id. Compt. 



Bend. xl. pp. 100, 220, n. 209 (1855) ; id. Coup, d'oil Ordre Pig. 



pp. 35, 58, n. 209 (1.-55): Sclat. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 163: F Bp, 



Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 944 (1856) (Ecuador !) ; Sclat. S- Salv. Exot. 



Orn. p. 79 (1867) ; G. B. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 243, n. 9393 (1870) ; 



Sovsa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columhse, p. 19 (1873) : Sclat. Sf Salv. 



Nomencl. Av. JVeotrop. p. 134 (1873) : Gitb. Ties. Orn. ii. p. 255 



(1875); Sclat. # Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 544 (St. Elena, An- 



tioquia). 

 Oreopeleja linearis, Bcknb. Tavien, i. p. 32 (1862), ii. p. 165, Novit. 



Suppl.t. i. f. 6 (1862) (ex Enip). 

 Stamcenas linearis, Schley. Mus. Pays-Bas, Columba?, p. 164 (1873). 



Adult male. Upper parts rufous brown ; mantle purple-bluish ; 

 forehead rufous, changing into vinous on the vertex, and into grey 

 with a greenish lustre in the middle on the occiput ; the grey colour 

 bounded below by a whitish-grey band ; hind part of the neck 

 purple-brown ; sides of the head whitish, near the base of the lower 

 mandible rufous ; a blackish line below the cheeks ; throat whitish : 

 crop-region dull greyish vinous ; rest of the underparts reddish 

 brown, paler, almost whitish, on the middle of the abdomen ; wings 

 rufous brown like the upper parts, tinged with purple on the 

 smaller wing-coverts ; primaries slate-brown, quills greyish brown 

 below ; under wing-coverts brown, the greater ones greyish brown ; 

 tail rufous brown, below brown, darker towards the tip of the 

 inner web. Total length about 11 inches, wing 6*3. tail 3-t, 

 bill 0-72, tarsus 1-2. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Hub. Colombia. 



