110 Mr. V. n. Jjowe on the 



from these different localities cannot be considered identical, 

 even if these were their only points of difference. 



At the present time, besides the species of Chamcepelia above 

 described, nine others have been recognised. With the 

 majority of these I am personally acquainted, having seen and 

 shot them in the different localities. I offer the following 

 remarks upon them. 



Cham^pelia terrestris. 



Columba passerina Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 285 (17G6), ex 

 Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolinas, vol. i. p. 26. 



C. p. terresti'is Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist, 

 vol. iv. p. 292 (1892). 



Seven males and two females from Charlotte Harbour, 

 I'lorida (April, May, 1907). 



The adult males have the base of the bill bright orange, 

 the nasal prominences clear yellow, and the tip of the bill 

 horn-coloured. Younger birds have the base of the bill 

 bright yellow. 



Adult females hsiwe the base of the bill dull reddish orange 

 or in some cases yellow (these are probably younger birds). 



In describing this form Mr. Chapman states that ''the 

 basal half or two-thirds of the bill is coral-red, the tip black 

 or blackish. (In dried specimens the red becomes orange 

 or yellow, and it is then indistinguishable from Jamaican 

 birds) (C. passerina)." My notes were made immediately 

 the birds were shot, and, as may be seen, do not agree with 

 those of Mr. Chapman. I have not seen a ''coral-red 

 bill " in the fresh state. 



As regards the plumage, this is a very easily distinguishable 

 bird. In the male both the upper and under parts are 

 deeper and richer in colour than in any other form. The 

 females are mouse-coloured beneath, contrasting in a 

 striking manner with the females of every other form. 



The wings of seven males in my collection average 

 87'5 mm., those of two females measure 86 and 88 mm. 

 respectively, from which it will be seen that this is probably 

 the largest form of the genus. 



