54 COLUMB.E. 



8. PERISTERA BRACHYPTERA. The lesser-winged Pigeon. 



Columba mexicana, Mus. Par. ? 



Peristera albifrons, Pr. B. ? 



Peristera brachyptera, G. R. Gray, MSS. 



a. Mexico. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



b. Mexico. From Mr. Leadbeater's Collection. 



9. PERISTERA MACRODACTYLUS. The great-toed Pigeon. 

 Peristera macrodactylus, G. R. Gray, MSS. 



a. ' ? From Baron Laugier's Collection. 



b. ? From M. Yerreaux's Collection. 



10. PERISTERA RUFAXILLA. The grey-fronted Pigeon. 



Columba rufaxilla, Rich, fy Bern. Act. de la Soc. Hist. Nat. de 



Paris (17^2) p. 118. 

 Columba frontalis, Temm. Pig. t. 10. 

 Columba jamaicensis, Temm. Index Col. p. xv. 

 Leptotila rufaxilla, Swains. Class. ofB. ii. p. 349 ; Pr. B. Consp. 



Gen. Av. ii. p. 73. 



a, b. British Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk, 

 K.H. 



c. South America. 



d. Guiana. From M. Verreaux's Collection. 



e. Para. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



11. PERISTERA BRASILIENSIS. The Brazilian Pigeon. 



Peristera brasiliensis, G. R. Gray, MSS. 

 Leptoptila Dubusi, Pr. B. ? 



a, b. Brazil. Presented by Lord Stuart de Rothesay. 



12. PERISTERA BREVIPENNIS. The short-winged Pigeon. 



Peristera brevipennis, G. R. Gray, MSS. 

 Leptoptila Verreauxi, Pr. B. ? 



a, b. South America. From M. Verreaux's Collection. 



c. South America. 



d, e. Trinidad. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



