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Columba fitzroyii, King, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 15 (Chiloe Island); Darw. Voy. 



"Beagle," Birds, p. 114 (1841 : Peninsula of Tres Monies, Valparaiso) ; 



Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 115 (Andes of Chile). 

 Columba meridionals, Peale (nee King), U. S. Expl. Exped. Birds, p. 



in (1848: Rio Negro, Patagonia) ; Burm. An. Mus. Nac. Buenos 



Ayres, III. Part X. p. 245 (1888: Southern Patagonia, Straits of 



Magellan). 



Chlorcenas denisea, Bp. Consp. Av. II. p. 51 (1854). 

 Chlorcenas araucana, Heine & Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. p. 277 



(1890). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Total length, about 16 inches. 



Wing, 8.5 inches. 



Tail, 5.5 inches. 



Bill, 0.65 inch. 



Tarsus, 1.25 inches. 



Color. General color throughout chestnut with a vinaceous tinge. 



Head : Vinous chestnut. 



Neck : Vinous chestnut, with a whitish band on the nape. The feathers 

 of the head and neck shaded with metallic bronzy-green. 



Back vinous chestnut. Rump lead color. Upper tail coverts : The 

 basal upper tail coverts are like the rump, but the longer upper tail 

 coverts are gray with a strong tinge of brown. 



Wings : Scapulary vinous chestnut. The wing coverts are grayish 

 brown, lightest on the outer and greater coverts. The quills are dusky 

 or blackish with narrow whitish margins. 



Tail : Lead color, with a subterminal band of black, and a terminal 

 band a little less than an inch broad, like the body color of the tail. 



Lower parts : Generally vinous chestnut, the breast with an iridescent 

 amethyst tinge. The under wing coverts and sides lead color. 



"Iris red-yellow; bill black; feet dark rose-red " (Philippi, fide Hart- 

 laub) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXI, p. 296 (1895). 



The female is similar to the male and young or immature birds lack 

 the whitish band on the nape of the neck. 



Geographical Range. Central Peru, Chile and Patagonia to the Straits 

 of Magellan. 



