1919-] Ecuadoi', Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. 43 



Adult male. Differs I'lora M. m. nielanoptera in being 

 darker ou the head, back, and lower flanks, and tlie vinous 

 on the underpai-ts not so pronounced as in examples from 

 Peru and the more southern localities. 



Total length 200 mm., exposed culmeu 13, wing 131, 

 tail 78, tarsus 21. 



Habitat. Ecuador. 



The type, a male, No. 642, in the British Museum, was 

 collected at Cafiar, western Ecuador, at an altitude of 

 3000 metres, by P. O. Simons on 10 April, 1899. There 

 is also a female collected by Simons on 9 January, 1899, 

 at Riobamba, 3100 metres. 



Leptophaps aymara aymara. 



Columba aymara Knip & Prev. Pigeons, ii. 1838-43, p. 62, 

 pi. 32 : Bolivia. 



Metriopelia aymara Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 639 : 

 Bolivia ; Tacz. Orn. Per. iii. 1886, p. 240; Salvad. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxi. 1893, p. 499 (part, specimens a-n). 



Leptophaps aymara Reichenow, J. f. O. 1913, p. 401. 



Nos. 2083, 2085, 2099, S ', 2084, ? . Sumbay, Peru, 4000 

 metres, June 1900. Native name " Palomita.^' 



Nos. 3000-3007. (J ? • Oruro, Bolivia, 3700 metres, 

 August 1901. Native names " Tortalita," " Ulincho.'' 



Nos. 2737, 2738. J (^ . Catamaroa, Bolivia, 4400 metres, 

 March 1901. Native name " Curicata." 



No. 3026. ? . Livichuco, Bolivia, 4500 metres, August 

 1901. Native name " Culyocota." 



No. 3115. ? . Potosi, Bolivia, 4300 metres, Sept. 1901. 

 Native name " Koulco.^' 



Nos. 3148, ? ; 3149, 3179, ^ . Challapata, Bolivia, 

 3800 metres, Oct. 1901. 



Nos. 3190, 3191. c?. Uyuni, Bolivia, 3660 metres, 

 Nov. 1901. 



I have compared the Simons birds with others in the 

 British Museum from Peru and Tarapaca, all of which agree 

 fairly well. There are, however, four specimens from Pampas 



