FAMILY COLUMBIDAE 5 1 



Lawrence in his description of this species, from a mounted bird 

 in the collection of Dr. J. K. Merritt, listed it only as "Habitat. 

 Veragua." Salvin and Goldman (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 3, 

 1902, p. 268) give more information as they state that "G. veraguensis 

 was originally discovered by Dr. Merritt in the district of El Mineral 

 de Veraguas, on the northeastern slope of the Cordillera, to the south- 

 eastward of the Chiriqui Lagoon." This serves to fix the type locality 

 as on the Caribbean slope. 



Figure 7. — Olive-backed quail-dove, paloma verdusca, Geotrygon veraguensis. 



GEOTRYGON LAWRENCII LAWRENCII Salvin: Lawrence's 

 Quail-Dove; Paloma Morena 



Geotrygon lawrencii Salvin, Ibis, ser. 3, vol. 4, no. 4, October 1874, p. 329. 

 (Calobre, Veraguas, Panama.) 



Similar to Geotrygon costaricensis, but with forehead grayish white, 

 hindneck duller green, and wing coverts, lower back, and rump olive- 

 brown. 



Description. — Length 250-270 mm. Adult (sexes alike), forehead 

 grayish white; center of crown bluish gray; nape, hindneck, and 

 upper back grayish green ; lesser wing coverts and center of back dull 

 purple-violet; rest of wing coverts, inner secondaries, lower back, 

 rump, and central tail feathers olive-brown ; primaries, outer second- 



