COLUMBUXffl. 



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Description. Above ferruginous ; top of head black ; superciliaries and band 

 beneath the eye with chin and cheeks whitish, with black freckles ; wings 

 brown, with a large white patch on the secondaries ; tail black; abdomen dirty 

 white, sprinkled with rufous ; axillaries pure white ; bill bluish ; feet black : 

 whole length 13-0 inches, wing 5-5, tail 3'8. Female : brownish black, back 

 spotted with buify ; sides of head and body beneath ochraceous, with black 

 cross bands. 



Hab. West Indies and South America. 



This Lake-Duck, which has an extensive range over the northern part 

 of South America, was obtained by Mr. Lee in Entrerios, and by Mr. 

 Barrows in the streams of the Pampas. Mr. Barrows found it asso- 

 ciated with Holland's Grebe, Coots, and Gallinules, usually in small 

 parties of from three to six individuals. 



Order XI. COLUMB^J. 



Fam. XLL COLUMBINE, OR PIGEONS. 



The great and useful Order of Pigeons is generally diffused over 

 the earth's surface, although most abundant within the tropics, and 

 not met with in high Arctic or Antarctic latitudes. In the Neo- 

 tropical Region from 60 to 70 species are found, and among these, 

 although none of them can rival the Fruit-Pigeons of the Eastern 

 Tropics, are some of remarkable beauty and grace. These brilliantly- 

 coloured species are, however, mostly from the northern portion of the 

 Neotropical Region. The Columbse of the Argentine Republic are in 

 general modestly clad and fewer in numher, only eight Pigeons being 

 as yet included in the Argentine Ornis. 



357. COLUMBA PICAZURO, Temm. 

 (PICAZURO PIGEON.) 



Patagicenas xnaculosa, Burm. La-Plata Seise, ii. p. 496 (Mendoza, Cordova, 

 Tucuman). Columba picazuro, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 132; iid. P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 143 (Buenos Ayres) ; Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 193 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 6 (Buenos Ayres); Harrows, Auk, 1884, p. 274 

 (Entrerios). 



Description. Above pale brown ; head and neck vinous ; back of neck with 

 white cross bands which are edged with black ; lower back and tail plumbeous ; 



