42 Mr. C. Chubb on Birds from [Ibis, 



Metriopelia melanoptera melanoptera. 



Columba melanoptera Moliua, Hist. Nat. Chili, 1783, 

 p. 308 : Chile. 



Metriopelia melanoptera Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, p. 239 ; 

 Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 1893, p. 497 (part, speci- 

 mens/-;'). 



No. 2067. S- Arequipa, S.E. Peru, 2300 metres. May 

 1900. 



Nos. 2812, 2813. S- Paratani, Bolivia, 2500 metres, 

 April 1901. 



No. 3016. S- Oruro, Bolivia, 3700 metres, August 

 1901. 



No. 3100. S • El Cabrada, Bolivia, 3500 metres, Sep- 

 tember 1901. 



Nos. 3180, ? ; 3181, c?. Challapata, Bolivia, 3750 metres, 

 October 1901. Native name " Polomita." 



These examples agree fairly well with others in the British 

 Museum from Chile, Patagonia, western Argentina, Bolivia, 

 and Peru. 



"With a series of thirty-two specimens of this species 

 from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, western Argentina, and Chile, 

 I notice, as has already been remarked by Berlepsch & Tac- 

 zanowski and also by Count Salvadori, that the seven birds 

 from Ecuador are darker on the head and back and the 

 lower flanks, and the vinous on the underparts is paler and 

 not so pronounced as in examples from Peru and the rest of 

 the localities mentioned above. I have therefore separated 

 the Ecuador bird subspecifically under the following name: — 



Metriopelia melanoptera saturatior. 



Metriopelia melanoptera saturatior Chubb, Bull. Brit. 

 Orn. Club, xxxviii. 29 Dec. 1917, p. 32. 



Metriopelia melanoptera (nee Molina) Berl. & Tacz. P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 311: Western Ecuador; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxi. 1893, p. 497 (part, specimens a-e) ; id. & Festa, 

 Boll. Mus. Torino, xv. 1900, No. 368, p. 36; Brabourne & 

 Chubb, B. S. Auier. i. 1912, p. 19, no. 187 (part). 



