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a, b. $ % ad. Sapucay, August, 1904. 



-Bill black; feet red {<$), purple-red ( ? ) ; iris brown. 



According to Azara, this species was very common in 

 Paraguay and Buenos Ayres, and was found in flocks which 

 rarely numbered fifty individuals ; but it more frequently 

 occurred in pairs, perching in the thicker part of the trees 

 about one-fourth of the way from the top. He says also 

 that the bird did not frequent the forest, but procured its 

 food in the open camps and plantations. It was very tame 

 and could be approached quite closely. 



Mr. Foster is of opinion, however, that this is now quite a 

 rare bird in Central Paraguay, and lives almost exclusively 

 in the forests. 



Mr. Bertoni has separated the Paraguayan form of this 

 bird under the title of Zenaida virgata ; but Dr. Ihering is 

 of opinion that it is identical with the present species, and 

 with this I agree. 



8. COLUMBULA PICUI. 



Palomba picui Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 23. no. ccexxiv. (1805). 



Columba picui Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 435, 498 

 (1813) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 383 (1818). 



Columbula picui Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 470 ; 

 Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 341. 



a. ? ad. Sapucay, August 13, 1904. 



According to Mr. Foster, this species is resident and 

 common in the more populated parts of the country, but 

 rare at Sapucay, where he only obtained one specimen. 



In looking over the long series of this little Dove in the 

 British Museum, 1 find that the adult female is very similar 

 to the male, but is browner on the back and head, while the 

 crown is slightly shaded with grey. In young birds there is 

 no grey on the head, this being brown like the back. The 

 outer tail-feather alone is white, the second and third having 

 dull brown edges. 



I think that the specimen from Ceara, which is mentioned 

 by Count Salvadori (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 472), is 

 specifically distinct, and, as Mr. C. E. Hellmayr has pointed 



