500 MR. O. SALVIN ON THE AVIFAUNA 
Columbi-galline des Gallapagoes, Néboux, Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 290; Prév. et Des Murs, Voy. Vénus, 
Ois. p. 270, Atlas, t. 8. 
Nesopelia galapagensis, Sundey. Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent. p. 99. 
3 (Indefatigable Island) vinaceo-chocolatino-cinnamomeus, subtus, precipue in pectore, 
clarior: colli lateribus nitente neo et rosaceo decoratis: oculorum ambitu nudo (in 
ave viva lete ceruleo) plumis circumdatis nigricantibus: stria utrinque sub oculis albida 
nigro marginata: dorso medio et tectricibus alarum albo nigroque variis, harum externis 
in pogonio externo nisi apicibus fere albis, remigibus nigris angustissime albo marginatis : 
rectricum apicibus cinereis fascia subapicali nigra, in rectricibus mediis angustiore: 
subcaudalibus et tectricibus subalaribus griseis: rostro nigro: pedibus rubris: long. 
tota 8:5, alz 5°3, caude 3:0, tarsi 0:9 , rostri a rictu 0°95. 
? mari similis, coloribus paulo dilutioribus. 
Hab. Galapagos Islands (Darwin); Charles Island (Néboux); Indefatigable and 
Bindloe Island (Habel); James Island (Sundevall). 
This species was also noticed by Dr. Habel in Albemarle, Tower, and Hood Islands, 
where, however, no specimens were secured. 
“The female of this species appears to be a little smaller than the male. The iris 
in both sexes is dark brown, rather darker in the female, and the feet of a pink colour. 
The eyelids are a beautiful pale blue. Having been accustomed to find the skins of 
Central-American Doves yery tender and difficult to remove, I was surprised at the 
toughness of the skin of this species, it being even stronger than the rest of the land- 
birds of these islands. 
“For some years parties have visited these islands to collect the orchilla (Rocella 
tinctoria), a kind of moss growing on the bushes, trees, and even rocks on the wind- 
ward side of the islands. This Dove being considered by these men a delicate morsel, 
is caught by them in numbers. It is therefore neither so abundant nor so tame as 
in former years; nevertheless many were knocked down with switches every morning 
by our men, as many as three dozen sometimes falling to one man before breakfast, 
all of which he would devour at one meal! I met with the species on all the islands 
I visited.”—H. 
Genus PorzaNa. 
The section of this genus to which P. spilonota belongs has a wide range throughout 
the continents -of America, being found in P. jamaicensis from the West Indies and 
Central America to Chili. The present bird has some resemblance in colour to P. tabu- 
ensis, a species ranging extensively over the islands of the South Pacific and Australia. 
P. tabuensis, however, may easily be recognized by its much longer tail and red legs. 
PoRZANA SPILONOTA. 
Zapornia spilonota, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, ii. p. 132, t. xlix. 
Porzana spilonota, Scl. & Saly. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 456; 1871, p. 323, 
