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ochraccoii8-biiff or ochracoous. Young : Above deep sepia-brown 

 (will) an olive cast in some liglits), the wing-coverts sometimes 

 mixed with rusty ; forehead, chest, etc., dull cinnamon-brown ; rest 

 of under parts brownish buffj*; quills mainly dusky, but inner webs 

 broadly edged with rufous, especially toward base. Wing 5.30-6.00, 

 tail 3.10-3.60. Ifab. Tropical America in general (including West 

 Indies), north to Cuba and eastern Mexico (Mirador) ; accidental at 

 Key West, Florida. 



[322.1.] G. montana (Linn.). Ruddy auail-dove.' 

 fl*. Quills entirely dusky, on both webs; feathers of nock very distinctly outlined. 

 Adult : Top of head slaty or plumbeous, becoming paler (sometimes whitish 

 or pale vinaceous) on forehead ; hind-neck dull greenish bronze; rest of 

 upper parts nearly uniform dark chestnut, slightly glossed with violet- 

 purple on back; chin and throat pale bufty or buffy whitish ; chest vary- 

 ing from dull brownish to butty vinaceous or even grayish brown ; rest 

 of lower parts buffy, deeper on sides and flanks ; length (skin) about 9.50- 

 11.00, wing 5.80-6.20, tail 3.50-4.40. Hub. Guatemala and southern 

 Mexico, north to Mirador. 



G. albifacies ScL. Mexican Quail-dove.^ 



Genus STARNCENAS Bonaparte. (Page 211, pi. LXIV., fig. 1.) 



Species. 



Adult: General color plain olive-brown above and dull rusty beneath, the 

 breast sometimes with a glaucous-purplish tinge; top of head dull cobalt-blue, bor- 

 dered below by black ; a v.'ide white stripe running from chin beneath eye to 

 occiput; throat and chest black, bordered below by a semicircular line of pure 

 white, the feathers of the upper and lateral portions of the black area tipped with 

 blue; length 10.75-12.50, wing 5.40-5.70, tail 4.00-1.25. Ilab. Cuba an.l Florida 

 Keys 323. S. cyanocephala (Linn.). Blue-headed 0,uaiI-dov3. 



• Colitmba montana LiNS., S. X. ed. 10, i. 175S, 163. Geotrygon montana BoNAP., Consp. ii. 1854, 72. 

 » G(olr</gon atbi/aciet ScL., P. Z. S., 1S58, 98. 



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