COLUMBID.K — Til !■: I'Ki KONS. 35<) 



hood and antnior lower parts asliy viiia(.'cniis-piiriil(' ; <lorsal rogioii 



ashy. 



Bill tipped with lilai.'k; wiiig-covi-rts noiispieiKmsly edi'ed wilii 

 white; liaciv witli an olivaceous east. Wintr, 8.S('; tail, G.IO; 

 culineii, .7"); larsii--, l.l.'i; niidclle (oe, l.M ; oiili'i', IM') ; ililier, 

 .04. JJdb. I'aeilie Province of the railed ^^tates, sontli to Guate- 

 mala \iw. /(t sc iu la . 



])ill enliiely yellow ; winy-eovei ts not distinctly oilujed with 

 wiiite; haek v.-ith a liliiish cast. Winir. 8.,'il) ; tail, <i.2(» ; enhneii, 

 .J^^d; taisns, l.(M ; niiddle toe, l.'J7 ; outef, 1.0(1; inner, .SS. Hah. 

 Cdsta kiea ........ vai'. albiliuca} 



2. C. araucaua.^ Itiaek band across the middle ol' the tail as liroacl 

 as tlie teiniinal lii;htor one, and wholly exposed; terniimil l)ortioii not 

 lighter than the base. Eill black ; erissnni dcef) slate : bond and lnwer 

 parts deep piu'plish-vinaccous ; dorsal region like th(^ lueast. Wing, 

 S.'i^); tail, 0.20; cnlmeii, .58; ■ tarsus, 1.13 ; middle toe, l.'Jti; outer, .90; 

 inner, .7". llah. ("bile. 



6. No nuchal bar of white ; metallic^ leathers of the naiic with their Iibres 

 blended, producing a soft even surliu'c. 



3. C. caribaea.' Tail much as in 'C./anci'dla, but with a much greater 

 contrast 'ictwecn the nearly equal dark basal and light terminal por- 

 tions; the former more unil'orinly dusky, not showing any distinct 

 darker internicdiato band. ]5ill lilack ; bond and lower paits light 

 ashy-piidvish vinaceous ; ciissuni white; dorsal region ashy. Wing, 



8.70; tail, C.DO; eul n, .81; tarsus, 1.0."); middle toe, l.'JS ; outer, 



.90: iinie;-, .88. I/ab. Jamaica. 



4. C. rufilia.* Terminal liglit baud of the t: il narrow, badly defined. 

 IJill bla(;k. Foieheaij, ilorsal region, lesser \. ing-cover(s, neck and 

 breast, deep cho<.-(ilale-|)urple ; forepart of the back with a violet 

 rellection. Otiiei' ])ortioiis niaiidy ashy. Wing, 7..')0; tail, 5.00; cul- 

 men, .08 ; tarsus, .97 ; middle toe, l.lli ; ontei-, .89; inner, 78. Jfah. 

 ]!ra/.il, north to (iualcmala. 



B« Tail of a uniform shade throughout. 



a. A metallic "eap('" on the nape, each fealher bordered \,iih bkudc, pro- 

 ducing a conspicuously sipiamale appearance; above this, a broad, tran.".- 

 vcr.«e, crcscentio patch of dark maroon color. No vinaceous tints on the 

 body. 



5. C. leucocephala. Hood white; mpt.allic capo brassy-green ; throat, 

 cheeks, etc., dark ]ilu:nbeous-slate, like tlu! r(>st of the plumage. Bill 

 yellow only at the tip. Wing, 7.70; tail, 5.50; culmon, .00 ; tarsus, 1.00 ; 

 middle toe, 1.25 ; outer, .85; inner, .8.'i. Ilab. Cuba, and south Floriila. 



1 ''/nliimliK fdseinfrt, yva: iillii/'iira. Culiniiha aUii/iiicd, "Oiiay," lioN.VP. Consp. VI, 18.'7, 

 .11. i'/iliird-iKis a. ('.\li. J. ISG'.t, 211. 



2 Columlia nmucaiw, Lkss. Voy. de la ViM\. Ois. t. 40. Culiirnhn (Iniisni, Tr.MM. I'l. Col. 

 502. (', iiii rliliiiiiiilLs, Kino. 



" Ciitiiiiilia airilimi, (Imki.in, S. \. l7^sS, 77:!. — (!i)ssi-„ H. ,Iaiii. 2in. M.Maii, 1'. A. N. S. 

 riiiliid. 18(J3, 301. I'atuiiMiMs c. Sci.. 1'. Z. S. ISOl, SO. -- lJi:icll. Ilaiidb. O.'s tab. 230, (>, f. 



:vM->. 



* Culnhiba riifinii, (Tk.M.m.) Ur.icil. Ilaiidb. ()2, tab. 222, f. 2.")8H, 2584. — I.AWi!. .\ini. X. V. 

 Lyo. ISCl, VII, 333, No. 2S1 (raiiaina). — Set,. & S.u.v. 1>. Z. S. iMid, 108 ^.\niazon). — In. 

 1867, 590. — ScL. Ibis, I, 222 (C.uatei liO. —S.u.v. P. Z. S. 1867, 150 (Vuragua). — Ib. 1870, 

 115 (Costa Rioa). — Keinh. Vid. Med. Xat. For. 1870, 50 (Brazil). 



