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hood and anterior lower parts ashy vinaceous-purple ; dorsal region 



ashy. 



Bill tipped Avith black ; wing-coverts conspicuously edged with 

 white; back with an olivaceous cast. Wing, 8.80; tail, 6.10; 

 culmen, .75 ; tarsus, 1.13 ; middle toe, 1.37 ; outer, 1.05 ; inner, 

 .94, Hah. Pacilic Province of the United States, south to Guate- 



1 . . var. fasciata. 

 mala -f 



Bill entirely yellow ; wing-coverts not distinctly edged with 

 white; back with a bluish cast. Wing, 8.30 ; tail, 6.20 ; culmen, 

 80 • tarsus, 1.04 ; middle toe, 1.27 ; outer, 1.00 ; inner, .88. Hab. 

 Costa Rica yav. albilinea} 



2. C. araucana.2 gi^ck band across the middle of the tail as broad 

 as the terminal lighter one, and wholly exposed ; terminal portion not 

 lighter than the base. Bill black ; crissum deep slate ; hood and lower 

 parts deep purplish-vinaceous ; dorsal region like the breast. Wing, 

 8.35; tail, 6.20; culmen, .58; tarsus, 1.13 ; middle toe, 1.26; outer, .90; 

 inner, .77. Hab. Chile. 



h. No nuchal bar of white ; metallic feathers of the nape with their fibres 

 blended, producing a soft even surface. 



3. C. caribwa.^ Tail much as in C. fasciata, but with a much greater 

 contrast between the nearly equal dark basal and light terminal por- 

 tions ; the former more uniformly dusky, not showing any distinct 

 darker intermediate band. Bill black; hood and lower parts light 

 ashy-pinkish vinaceous ; crissum white; dorsal region ashy. Wing, 

 8.70 ; tail, 6.90 ; culmen, .81 ; tarsus, 1.05 ; middle toe, 1.28 ; outer, 

 .90; inner, .88. Hab. Jamaica. 



4. C. rufina.* Terminal light liand of the tail narrow, badly defined. 

 Bill black. Forehead, dorsal region, lesser wing-coverts, neck and 

 breast, deep chocolate-purple ; forepart of the back with a violet 

 reflection. Other portions mainly ashy. Wing, 7.50 ; tail, 5.00 ; cul- 

 men, .68 ; tarsus, .97 ; middle toe, 1.13 ; outer, .89 ; inner, 78. Hab. 

 Brazil, north to Guatemala. 



B. Tail of a uniform shade throughout. 



a. A metallic " cape " on the nape, each feather bordered with black, pro- 

 ducing a conspicuously squamate appearance; above this, a broad, trans- 

 verse,°crescentic patch of dark maroon color. No vinaceous tints on the 



body. 



5. C. leucocephala. Hood white ; metallic cape brassy-green ; throat, 

 cheeks, etc., dark plumbeous-slate, like the rest of the plumage. Bill 

 yellow only at the tip. Wing, 7.70; tail, 5.50; culmen, .66 ; tarsus, 1.00 ; 

 middle toe, 1.25 ; outer, .85 ; inner, .83. Hab. Cuba, and south Florida. 



1 Columba fasciata, var. alUUnea. Columba albilinea, " Gray," Bonap. Consp. VT, 1857, 

 51. Clilorcenas a. Cab. J. 1869, 211. t,i r i 



2 Columba araucana. Less. Toy. de la Coq. Ois. t. 40. Columba denisea, Temm. 1 1. Lol. 



502. C. 7neridioualis, King. -d \ xr « 



3 Columba caribcea, Gmelin, S. N. 1788, 773.-GossE, B. Jam. 291. -March, P. A. iN. b 

 Philad. 1863, 301. Patagioeims c. ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 80. —Reich. Handb. 6o, tab. 230, b, t. 



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* Columba rufina, (Temm.) Reich. Handb. 62, tab. 222, f. 2583, 2584. - Lawr. Ann N. Y. 

 Lye 1861 Vn, 333, No. 281 (Panama). - ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 198 (Amazon). - Ib. 

 1867, 590. -ScL. Ibis, I, 222 (Guatemala). -Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, 159 (Veragua). - Ib. 18/0, 

 115 (Costa Rica).— Reinh. Vid. Med. Nat. For. 1870, 59 (Brazil). 



