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I take pleasure in acknowledging the cordial and helpful assist- 

 ance received during the preparation of this paper from Mr. F. M. 

 Chapman, Curator of Birds, and his assistant W. De W. Miller of 

 the American Museum of Natural History ; Mr. Witmer Stone, 

 Curator of Birds, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences ; Dr. 

 C. W. Richmond, Assistant Curator of Birds, and his assistant Mr. 

 J. H. Riley of the National Museum ; and Mr. H. C. Oberholser, 

 Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture. 



GEOTRYGON GOLDMANI, sp. nov. 

 Goldman's Wood Dove 



Type.— No. 232545, adult male, U. S. National Museum, Biologi- 

 cal Survey Collection, from Mount Pirri (at 5,000 feet altitude), 

 head of Rio Limon, eastern Panama ; collected March 5, 19 12, by 

 E. A. Goldman (collector's number 15293). 



Distribution. — Known from type locality only. 



General characters. — Apparently most closely related to G. bour- 

 cieri but entire top of head and nape rich rufous. 



Description of type. — Forehead cinnamon rufous shading into 

 rich chestnut between eyes and thence into rich reddish chestnut 

 over entire crown and nape ; upper side of neck dark olivaceous gray 

 strongly washed with dark vinaceous ; interscapular area dark, 

 slightly metallic Indian purple ; upper side of rump wings and tail 

 brownish chestnut darker and browner on scapulars ; rump and tail, 

 with a slight vinaceous tinge over all ; exposed part of primaries and 

 alula dusky gray ; sides of head below eyes from base of lower 

 mandible to include ear coverts pinkish buff and bordered from bill 

 back along lower side of cheeks by a strongly marked black line ; 

 chin and throat. white shading posteriorly into vinaceous gray which 

 covers under part and sides of neck and anterior two-thirds of 

 breast ; posterior part of breast pale dingy gray finely maculated with 

 pale huffy ; middle of abdomen dingy white ; sides of breast, Hanks 

 and axillaries dark grayish grown ; under tail coverts like posterior 

 part of breast but a little darker ; bill black ; feet and tarsus (in dried 

 skin) dark red. 



Measurements of type. — Wing, 144; tail, 87; culmen, 16; tarsus, 

 44. 



Remarks. — -This species is based on a series of five specimens 

 all of which agree in the rufous crown and nape. It appears to be a 

 forest species of the higher slopes of the Mount Pirri range where 

 it was plentiful. 



