356 Mr. W. A. Forbes on Eleven Weeks 



and in all respects agrees with the male of my pair, having a 

 large comb, and being much bigger than the female. There 

 can be no doubt, therefore, that this specimen too is a male, 

 and that Mr. Sclater^s so-called " females '' were, in reality, 

 only young males. The female of my birds has little, if any, 

 more black on the flanks than a female S. melanonota in the 

 adjacent inclosure, so that the only remaining available 

 distinction between the two forms is the black sides of the 

 male of the American bird ; and this character, as far as I 

 have yet seen, seems to hold good. 



[P.S. Since the above was written, both my birds have, 

 unfortunately, died. Their sex was verified by dissection. — 

 May 19, 1881.] 



99. COLUMBA PICAZURO. 



This Pigeon is well known to the Brazilians as the ^' Azu 

 Branca," or White-winged Dove. I was told it was some- 

 times abundant round Parahyba, and also heard of it at Qui- 

 papa, Garanhuns, and other places. However, 1 never suc- 

 ceeded in seeing it wild, though I got several living specimens 

 at Parahyba and elsewhere. 



'100. CoLUMBA RUFINA. 



I obtained a single living specimen of this Pigeon at Para- 

 hyba, where I was told that, at some seasons of the year, 

 when certain fruits were ripe, it was common in the forests 

 around. 



The Brazilians know it as the " Gallega.^' 



lOl. SCARDAFELLA SQUAMOSA. 



I first met Avith this pretty Dove in some of the gardens in 

 the outskirts of Parahyba. Afterwards, when riding between 

 Macuca and Garanhuns, I several times flushed little coveys 

 of it, which rose up from the road and took refuge in the 

 nearest tree. Usually these parties consisted of about four. 

 When rising they make, apparently with their wings, a 

 curious rattling noise, whence they are called by the Bra- 

 zilians " Eola Cascavel," — C'«sc«t'e/ meaning a rattle, and 

 being also the name applied by the natives to the Brazilian 

 rattlesnake [Crotalas hnrridus), which is by no means rare 

 in the district. 



