108 BANGS — SANTA MARTA QUAIL-DOVE [Paes 
Geotrygon linearis infusca subsp. nov. 
Type, from Chirua, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 7000 feet 
altitude, ¢ adult, no. 5955, coll. of E. A. & O. Bangs, collected Feb. 12, 1899, 
by W. W. Brown, Jr. 
Subspecific characters.— Differing from true G. 4nearis in being very much 
darker brown above, the back being olive brown instead of reddish brown, and 
the under parts darker and less reddish. 
Color.—Type, adult @, February: back and wings (except primaries) dark 
brown, shading from about burnt umber on shoulders and lesser coverts to 
nearly sepia on secondaries, middle of back and rump; primaries dusky; tail, 
above, and upper tail coverts purplish walnut-brown with a slight vinaceous 
lustre; mantle grayish phlox-purple—the feathers of hind neck slightly 
lustrous and a narrow band just in front of mantle with greenish lustre; fore- 
head and feathers at base of mandible vinaceous cinnamon, shading into 
purplish vinaceous rufous on crown; occiput gray, bordered on sides by 
whitish, some of the feathers tipped with vinaceous rufous; sides of head and 
throat pale vinaceous cinnamon to whitish; a black line below cheek, from 
side of throat to occiput; breast vinaceous cinnamon; middle of belly cinna- 
mon; sides, flanks and under tail coverts dull russet. 
MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 
Exposed 
No. Sex and age Locality Wing Tail Tarsus culmen 
5955 (type) dad. Chirua, 7000 ft. 147. 103. 41.0 14.8 
5956 dad.  Chirua, 7000 ft. I 50. IOI. 40:5 15:0 
5954 Qad. La Concepcion, 3000 ft. 146. Qs; _ ~40:0>\ ge 
5563 Sad. Pueblo Viejo, 8000 ft. 150. 94. 40.0 15.2 
Remarks.—The four skins differ a little in some of the details 
of coloration, though all have similar dark brown backs. No. 
5563, adult g, is darker brown below than the others, especially 
on the breast, where the feathers also have a purple lustre, darker 
and duller than that of the mantle. In this specimen the gray of 
the occiput is somewhat overlaid by vinous purple. No. 5956, 
adult @, and no. 5954, adult 9, have no gray on the occiput, 
except a little at the sides, the middle part being “ purple vinous.” 
This latter character is the only one given by Salvadori to dis- 
tinguish his species G. venezuelensis', which was based on a single 
specimen from Merida, Venezuela, and one youngish individual 
from Tobago which he thought might be the same. 
1 Cat. Birds British Museum, vol. X XI, p. 581. 
