BLUE GROUND DOVE 



wine color on the forehead and hindneck; wings 

 reddish chestnut with two black bars; middle 

 pair of tail feathers cinnamon brown, the re- 

 maining ones mostly black; sides of head pale 

 grayish vinaceous fading to whitish on chin 

 and upper throat and deepening to tawny vinac- 

 eous on under parts; most of the under surface 

 of the wings reddish chestnut. Iris red; bill 

 light with a darker tip; feet reddish pink. 



Female. Similar but without vinaceous tint. 

 Buffy brown above and buffy drab or drab gray 

 below fading to whitish on abdomen, chin and 

 upper throat. 



Similar in habits to Chcemepelia minuia 

 elczodes and often found associating with that 

 species, though somewhat less common. 



6. Clara vis pretiosa (Ferrari-Perez) 

 Blue Ground Dove. "Cococha" 



Length, 204 mm. (8.00 in.); tail, 76 mm. (3.00 

 in.). 



Male. General color plain bluish gray fading 

 to whitish on forehead; back dark bluish slate; 

 wings with black spots and bars; the middle 

 pair of tail feathers slate gray, the remaining 

 ones black; under wing coverts light bluish gray. 

 Iris light pinkish yellow; bill greenish with a dark 

 line along the ridge; feet pink. 



Female. Deep buffy brown above, paler on 

 forehead and changing to cinnamon brown or 

 russet on middle tail feathers; remaining tail 

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