I 20 Beckham oh Birds observed at Pueblo. Colorado. [April 



Starncenas cyanocephala (Linn.). 



Columba cyanocephala Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 2S2 (1766). — D'Okb. in La 

 Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 174 (1S40). 



Starncenas cyanocephala Gosse, 15ds. Jam. p. 324 (1847). — Cab. J. f. O. 

 1S56, p. 10S (Cuba).— Brewer. Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 

 307 (i860) (Cuba). — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 204 (Jamaica). — 

 Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I, p. 299 (1865) : ib. J. f. O. 1874, 

 p. 291 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 24 (1885). 



Sp. Char. — Top of the head bright blue; a narrow line of black extend- 

 ing through the eve, meeting at the nape, immediately joining a 

 band of white which passes under the eye from the lower mandible 

 and chin ; throat glossy black, narrowly banded with white on the 

 last black feathers of the lower throat, forming a white edging to 

 the black throat; the feathers on the sides of the neck narrowly 

 tipped with blue; upper parts purplish brown on the back, shading 

 into olive brown on the lower back and rump ; wings and tail brown ; 

 breast tinged with purple, shading into rufous brown on the belly; 

 under surface of tail-feathers dark brown, almost black; basal por- 

 tion of bill and feet deep red. 



Length, 11; wing, 6; tail. 4; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .50. 



Cuba, common in parts of the interior. On several occasions 

 I have seen the living birds offered for sale in the markets of 

 Havana. Jamaica (Albrecht). 



Turtur risoria of authors is claimed to have been introduced 

 into the West Indies many years ago ; I have a specimen in my 

 cabinet labelled "San Domingo." It has also been recorded 

 from St. Bartholomew, Cuba, and Jamaica.* 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF PUEBLO 

 COUNTY, COLORADO. 



BY CHARLES WICKLIFFE BECKHAM. 



During the year 1SS3 I spent several months at Pueblo, Colo- 

 rado, and devoted considerable time while there to the birds. 

 The results of my observations, nearly all of which were made in 



* Turtur risoria SUNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Acad. For. 1869, p. 586 (St. Bartholomew). 

 Turtur risorius March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 302 (Jamaica). 

 Turtur risorus A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 117 (1881). 



