BIRDS. 1 15 



2. CoLUMBA. LORicATA. LicJit. Vog. Vcrz. s. 67. 



Columba gymnoplithalmus, Temni.^ Pig. i. 18. 



leucoptera, Pr. Max. Reise, 2, p. 2-i2. 



picazuro, Temm.Vig. p. 111. 



Picaziiro, Azara, Voy. No. 317. 



Frequents in large flocks the fields of Indian corn in the neighbourhood of 

 Maldonado. Legs dull "carmine red." This, probably, is the representative on 

 the eastern side of the Andes of the foregoing or Chilian species. 



1. Zenaida aurita. G. R. Gray. 



Columba aurita, Temm. Pig. p. 60. Wagl. sp. 70. 



I procured specimens of this bird at Maldonado (where it was very abundant) 

 in La Plata, and at Valparaiso in Chile. 



2. Zenaida Galapagoensis. Gould. 



Plate XLVI. 



Z. vertice, cervice, dorso caudceque tegminibus obscurh fuscis vinaceo-tinctis ; dorso 

 nigro-guttato ; alarum tegminibus Jusc is, plumd singula pallidh vinaceo-fusco ter- 

 minata, pogonii ulriusque margine, macidd oblongd magna nigra, lined alba 

 separata ; remigibus primariis et secundariis nigrescenti-fuscis, cinerascenti-albo 

 anguste marginatis ; caudd fuscescenti cinereo ad apicem fascia latd irregulari 

 nigra ; loris linedque angustd supra et infra oculari nigris pallida fusco mixtis ; 

 guld pectoreque vinaceis, colli lateribus arato tinctis ; crisso, caudceque tegminibus 

 inferioribus cinerascentibus, rostro nigro, pedibus rufescenti aurantiacis. 



Long. tot. SJ unc. ; alee, 5\ ; caudw, 3j ; tarsi, ^ ; rosfri, 1. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck, dark chocolate brown, with a vinous 

 tinge ; back and tail-coverts the same, the former spotted with black ; wing- 

 coverts brown, each feather having a large oblong spot of black on the 

 margin of either web, separated by a line of white, and tipped with light 

 vinous brown, the white predominating on the larger coverts, primaries and 

 secondaries blackish-brown, finely edged with greyish-white ; tail brownish- 

 grey, crossed near the extremity with a broad irregular band of black ; lores 

 and a narrow line above and beneath the eye black, interrupted with light 

 brown : throat and chest rich vinous, glossed on the sides of the neck with 

 metallic bronze, and fading into greyish on the vent and under tail-coverts : 

 bill black ; feet reddish-orange. 



