1 80 Lawrence on a Ne'v Species of Pigeon. [April 



CHARACTERS OF A NEW SPECIES OF PIGEON 

 OF THE GENUS ENGTPriLA, FROM THE 

 ISLAND OF GRENADA, WEST INDIES. 



BY GEORGE N. LAWRENCE. 



Engyptila wellsi. 



Female: The front is whitish, with a slight tinge of fawn color on the 

 anterior portion, and is of a bluish cast on the posterior; the crown and 

 occipvit are dark brown ; the hind neck is of a rather lighter brown ; the 

 back, wings, and upper tail-coverts are of a dull olivaceous-green ; the first 

 outer tail-feather is brownish-black, narrowly tipped with white ; the sec- 

 ond is dark brown for two-thirds its length, terminating in blackish ; all 

 the other tail-feathers are dark umber brown above, are black under- 

 neath; the chin is white; the neck in front and the upper part of the 

 breast are of a reddish fawn color ; the middle and lower parts of the breast 

 and the abdomen are creamj-white ; the sides are of a light fulvous color; 

 the under tail-coverts are white, tinged with fulvous; the quills have their 

 outer webs of a clear warm brown ; the inner webs and under wing-coverts 

 are of a rather light cinnamon color; the bill is black; the tarsi and toes 

 are bright carmine red. 



Mr. Wells says the sexes arealike. Length 10.25 inches; wing, 6.00; 

 tail, 4.00; bill, .63; tarsus, 1.25. 



Habitat: Island of Grenada. 



Type in National Museum, Washington. 



Remarks. In coloration this species bears no resemblance 

 to any other meixiber of the genns : it is of about the size of my 

 E. cassini from Panama, and like that, it has the front light col- 

 ored (though of a different shade) and the chin white ; but they 

 are unlike in all other particulars. 



I have named it in compliment to James G. Wells, Esq., of 

 Grenada, by whom it was obtained. 



Mr. Wells has been collecting the birds of Grenada for some 

 time, and sending them for identification as they were procured, 

 having in view the publication of a list of the birds of the Island, 

 with his observations thereon. 



Sometime since Mr. Wells sent me as complete a list of the 

 birds of the Island as he was able to make out at that time. On 

 this list one of the species was enumerated as 'Pea Dove' but no 

 specimens of it were ever sent. I wrote him that its determina- 

 tion was important, and to endeavor to procure examples. He 

 replied that he was unable then to visit the district inhabited by 



