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Columba plumbea wallacei, subsp. nov. 
Adult. Differs from C. p. plumbea in being much smaller; 
the lower back, upper tail-coverts, and tail more bronze and 
less purple than in the Rio Janeiro bird. The purple on 
the head and hind neck is brighter, and the under surface 
dull vinaceous instead of plumbeous. 
Total length 8300 mm.; exposed culmen 15; wing 175 ; 
tail 120; tarsus 19 ; middle toe and claw 32. 
Hab. Rio Capim River, Para, North-east Brazil. 
The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected 
by the late A. R. Wallace. 
Columba plumbea andicola, subsp. nov. 
Adult. Allied to C. p. bogotensis, but differs in being paler 
on the back, wings, and tail; the head, hind neck, and under 
surface lilac, instead of vinous ; the throat uniform with the 
rest of the under surface, not isabelline ; and the smaller 
wing- and tail-measurements. 
Tota] length 295 mm.; exposed culmen 17; wing 181; 
tail 184; tarsus 21; middle toe and claw 36. 
Hab. Bolivia north to Central Peru. 
The type was collected at Mapiri, in Bolivia, by the late 
Clarence Buckley, and is now in the British Museum— 
Salvin-Godman collection. 
Metriopelia melanoptera saturatior, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Differs from M. m. melanoptera in being 
darker on the head, back, and lower flanks, and the vinous 
on the underparts not so pronounced as in those from Peru 
and the more southern localities. 
Total length 200 mm. ; exposed culmen 12; wing 181 ; 
tail 78; tarsus 21. 
The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected 
at Canar, W. Ecuador, at an altitude of 3000 metres, by 
P. O. Simons on the 10th of April, 1899. 
Leptoptila verreauxi macconnelli, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Differs from L. v. verreauai in having the 
back, wings, and tail bronze-green instead of clay-brown ; 
