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23. ASTURINA RUFICAUDA. 



Asturina ruficauda, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1869^ p. 133 ; 

 iid. Ex. Orn. pi. 88; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 205; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 456. 



" Common in the woods." 



Mr. Devises specimen belongs to the form described by 

 Mr. Ridgway as Rupornis griseicauda. 



24. Urubitinga anthracina. 



Falco anthracinus, Nitzsch, Pteryl. p. 83. 

 Urubitinga anthracina, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 215 ; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 456. 



" Observed near the sea-shore, but not very common." 



25. COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA. 



Cohimba leucocephala, Linn. S. N. i. p. 281 ; Gosse, B. 

 Jam. p. 299. 



'" Found in the woods, and common in the high trees sur- 

 rounding the senotes or water-holes." 



This species is also common throughout the coral islands 

 of the Belize coast, as well as most of the Antilles. 



26. Engyptila jamaicensis. 



Columba jamaicensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 283. 



Peristera jamaicensis, Gosse^ B. Jam, p. 313. 



Engyptila gaumeri, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. iii. p. 157. 



" Tolerably common, frequenting the senotes." 



I am unable to distinguish a single specimen brought by 

 Mr. Devis from others from Jamaica, the true E. Jamaicensis. 

 Moreover a skin sent us by M. Boucard, who received it from 

 Mr. Gaumer from Northern Yucatan, seems to me to belong 

 to the same species, though Mr. Lawrence has recently de- 

 scribed it as Engyptila gaumeri. 



Our two skins are clearly distinct from E. albifrons, having 

 a much greater extent of the cinnamon colour on the under 

 surface of the wings, and in this respect they quite resemble 

 E. Jamaicensis ; in the same way the metallic reflections of the 

 neck are very much alike. These points being similar, I 

 hesitate to admit the distinction of ^. gaumeri upon a slight 



