?C8 Lawrence on New Species of Columbidce. [October 



only in a distant part of the island. A few days since I was 

 much pleased to receive a letter from him, together with a speci- 

 men of the desired Dove. 



He wrote as follows : "It is with great pleasure I now forward 

 to you l>v hook post, a skin of the Dove known locally as the 

 Trinidad Ground Dove. This bird was shot on the eastern side 

 of the island and sent tome by a brother of mine, who knew I 

 was anxious to procure a specimen of it; it is not a common bird. 

 I have shot three or four of them on a small island oft' the south 

 coast called 'Glover's Island,' where I believe they resort during 

 the nesting period, and I have also shot one in Carriacou, but 

 have never until this instance seen one taken on the island proper ; 

 the present specimen is a 9 , and I would have been very glad to 

 get a $ also, as (writing from memory) I believe the $ to have 

 a gray head ; however, I shall use every endeavor to procure one." 



2. Zenaida bogotensis. 



Front and sides of the head vinaceous; under the ear a spot of black; 

 vertex and occiput dull plumbeous; plumage above brownish-olive, red- 

 dish on the back ; sides of the neck golden-violet; the two middle tail- 

 feathers are dark olive-brown, the next pair are brownish-ash, the others 

 are grayish-ash for two-thirds their length, ending with pale rufous, 

 brightest on the three outer feathers; all have a subterminal band of black 

 separating the two colors: the outer web of the first lateral feather is clear 

 light rufous; the tail-feathers underneath have their bases blackish; the 

 tail consists of fourteen rectrices ; the lesser wing-coverts are reddish- 

 brown, lighter in color than the back; the greater wing-coverts are grayish- 

 brown, the primary and secondary quills are blackish-brown, narrowly 

 edged with white, and have their shafts of a dark brownish-red ; the 

 tertiaries are reddish-brown, marked with three large oval spots of black; 

 under wing-coverts and axillars plumbeous-white; chin whitish, upper 

 part of throat pale vinaceous, lower part of throat and upper part of 

 breast of a dull chocolate cinnamon color; the breast below this is 

 pale cinnamon, the abdomen of the same color but brighter, and the 

 under tail-coverts of a still deeper and brighter cinnamon; the flanks 

 are ashy-blue; the bill is black; the feet, in the dried specimen, are yellow- 

 >sh. 



Length, uncertain (the skin being made up very short) ; wing, 6.13; tail, 

 4. to; bill, .70; tarsus, .87. 



Habitat. Bogota, New Grenada. Type in my collection. 



Remarks. — I have had this specimen for several years. 

 supposing it to be L. raficauda Bonap., but while investigating 

 the West India species, I find it to be distinct. In this opinion 



