GEOTRYGON COSTARICENSIS (Lawrence). 



By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. 



(Plate LXXXVII.) 



In ' A Catalogue of the Birds found in Costa Rica,' by George N. Lawrence, 

 p. 136 (reprinted from the 'Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History in 

 New York,' vol. ix. April 1868), we find : — 



"451. GeOTRYGON COSTARICENSIS, II. Sp. 



" Forehead and the forward part of the cheek next the bill of a brownish 

 salmon-colour ; cheeks and throat white ; there is a bar of deep black on 

 each side from the eye to the bill ; and a stripe of the same colour extends 

 from the upper part of the throat along each side of the neck, and borders 

 the white cheeks ; these black lines approach each other quite closely on the 

 throat ; across the middle of the crown and adjoining the salmon-coloured 

 front is a narrow band of greyish blue, which gradually merges into the dark 

 green of the occiput and hind neck ; the lower part and sides of the hind 

 neck, and the upper part of the back, are of a lighter and yellowish green, 

 more lustrous and quite distinct from the deep green of the occiput ; 

 scapulars and upper part of back rich purplish violet ; lower part of back, 

 rump, and wing-coverts of a cinnamon-brown ; the upper tail-coverts are 



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