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363. CHAM2PELIA TALPACOTI (Temm.). 

 (TALPACOTI DOVE.) 



Chamaepelia talpacoti, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 133 ; White, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 626 (Salta). 



Description. Above deep reddish vinaceous ; head plumbeous ; wings black ; 

 coverts and outer secondaries like the back, but the latter spotted with elongated 

 black bands on the outer webs ; tail black, tipped with vinaceous ; middle rec- 

 trices like the back : beneath similar, but not so dark, and whitish on the 

 throat ; bill black ; feet yellow : whole length 6-5 inches, wing 3'5, tail 2-5. 

 Female similar, but much duller and more brownish. 



Hab. Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina. 



The Talpacoti or Chocolate Dove is an inhabitant of Brazil, Bolivia, 

 and Paraguay. In Argentina it occurs only on the northern frontiers, 

 and was met with by White at Oran, in the province of Salta, in the 

 month of November : " These pretty chocolate-coloured Doves," he 

 tells us, " fly in pairs, and at this date were found constructing their 

 nests in the orange-groves. They are sometimes seen on the ground 

 busily in quest of seeds, but are very wild and not at all common/' 



White also obtained specimens of this Dove at Concepcion in 

 Misiones. 



364. ENGYPTILA CHALCAUCHENIA (Scl. et Salv.). 

 (SOLITARY PIGEON.) 



Peristera frontalis, JBurm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 497 (Parana, Tucuman). 

 Leptoptila megalura, White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 626 (Salta) (?). Lepto- 

 ptila chalcauchenia, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 633 ; iid. Nomencl. p. 133 ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1880, p. 363 (Salta) ; Barrows, Auk, 1884, p. 275 (Entrerios). 



Description. Above greyish brown ; head and nape plumbeous ; back of neck 

 with the feathers edged with iridescent bronzy green ; tail blackish, broadly 

 tipped with white; central rectrices like the back: beneath pale vinaceous; 

 middle of throat, belly, and crissum white ; under surface of wings bright 

 chestnut ; bill black ; feet yellowish : whole length lO'O inches, wing 5'7, tail 

 4-8. Female similar. 



Hab. Argentine Republic. 



This Dove, which is a southern form of a widely distributed group of 

 species of the genus Engyptila, formerly called Leptoptila, inhabits 

 the woods of the Plata district, and never, like other Pigeons, seeks the 

 open country to feed. It is solitary, although, where many birds live 

 in close proximity, three or four may be sometimes seen in company. 

 It spends a great deal of time on the ground, where it walks about 



