276 ELEVEN WEEKS IN NORTH-EASTERN BRAZIL. 



Ibis, 1881, out to be males ; the third is still (February 10) alive, and in all respects 

 agrees with the male of my pair, having a large comb, and being much 

 bigger than the female. There can be no doubt, therefore, that this 

 specimen too is a male, and that Mr. Sclater's so-called " females " were, 

 in reality, only young males. The female of my birds has little, if any, 

 more black on the flanks than a female S. melanonota in the adjacent 

 inclosure, so that the only remaining available distinction between the 

 two forms is the black sides of the male of the American bird ; and this 

 character, as far as I have yet seen, seems to hold good. 



[P.S. Since the above was written, both my birds have, unfortunately, 

 died. Their sex was verified by dissection. May 19, 1881.] 



99. COLTJMBA PICAZUEO. 



This Pigeon is well known to the Brazilians as the " Azu Branca," 

 or White-winged Dove. I was told it was sometimes abundant round 

 Parahyba, and also heard of it at Quipapa, Garanhuns, and other places. 

 However, I never succeeded in seeing it wild, though I got several living 

 specimens at Parahyba and elsewhere. 



100. COLTJMBA. ETJFIKA. 



I obtained a single living specimen of this Pigeon at Parahyba, where 

 I was told that, at some seasons of the year, when certain fruits were 

 ripe, it was common in the forests around. 



The Brazilians know it as the " Gallega." 



101. SCAEDAFELLA SQUAMOSA. 



I first met with this pretty Dove in some of the gardens in the out- 

 skirts of Parahyba. Afterwards, when riding between Macuca and 

 Garanhuns, I several times flushed little coveys of it, which rose up from 

 the road and took refuge in the nearest tree. Usually these parties 

 consisted of about four. "When rising they make, apparently with their 

 wings, a curious rattling noise, whence they are called by the Brazilians 

 " Eola Cascavel," Gascavel meaning a rattle, and being also the name 

 applied by the natives to the Brazilian rattlesnake (Crotalus ~horridus\ 

 which is by no means rare in the district. 



Ibis, 1881, 102. CHAM^PELIA GEISEOLA 

 p. 357. 



I got specimens, through Herr Miiller, of this little Ground-Dove 



from the neighbourhood of Eecife, where, I think, I also saw it several 

 times, as well as near Parahyba. 



103. CHAM^EPELIA TALPACOTI. 



The Eola, as this little Pigeon is called by the Brazilians, is a very 

 common bird all over the parts I visited. It is found solitarily or in pairs, 

 and is much esteemed for the pot, and persecuted in consequence. 



