T i; A Revision of mm Genus i'iummima. 513 



Ki v ro i in-. Genera of ( i iravu 

 l I .ill much longei than half the wing. 



a. Outer primary not abruptly attenuated. 

 b. Tail decidedly shorter than the win-,'. 



c. Tail relatively longer, somewhat double rounded, the middle and 

 outer rectrices shorter than the intermediate ones. . Columbina. 

 c 1 . Tail relatively shorter, simply rounded. 



d. Bill stout; inner web "i seventh primary entire. .. Eupelia. 

 d l . Bill slender; seventh primary abruptly toothed on the inner 



web Chcemepelia. 



b 1 . Tail decidedly longer than the wing Uropelia. 



a 1 . Outer primary abruptly attenuated. 



b. Tail longer than the wing Oxypelia. 



b l . Tail shorter than the wing Claravis. 



A x . Tail short, little more than half the wing Metriopelia. 



Eupelia is obviously related to both Columbina and Chcemepelia, 

 but sufficiently distincl from either to stand alone. Chcemepelia, as 

 above restricted, is a very homogeneous and easily defined group. 



Generic characters. — Bill much shorter than the head, very small 

 and slender, its base little expanded, the commissure faintly decurved 

 throughout its length. Nostrils linear, overhung by a membrane, 

 and opening immediately behind the median constriction. Inter- 

 ramal space feathered to a point even with the anterior extremity of 

 the nostrils. Wings short and rounded, the seventh, eighth, and 

 ninth 1 primaries subequal and longest, the outermost decidedly 

 shorter (except in C. buckleyi). Seventh primary abruptly toothed 

 on the inner web, and seventh, eighth, and ninth primaries emarginate 

 on the outer webs, toward their tips. Tertiaries much elongated, 

 falling short of the primaries in the closed wing by much less than the 

 length of the tarsus. Tail much shorter than the wing, evenly 

 rounded, the rectrices with broad tips. Feet relatively weak; tarsus 

 about equal to middle toe without claw; lateral toes subequal, barely 

 reaching to the extremity of middle toe; hallux still shorter. Size 

 small (wing not over 92 mm.), and sexes unlike; males plain grayish 

 brown or vinaceous above, the crown with more or less cinereous or 

 plumbeous; below vinaceous; the inner wing-coverts and tertiaries 

 with irregular glossy metallic spots on their outer webs. Females 

 much duller and browner, with little or no vinaceous. Five species, 

 including twenty-two subspecies. 



In C. buckleyi, C. talpacoti, and C. rufipennis there is a narrow line 



1 Counting from the inside. 



