44 GEOTRYGON COSTARICENSIS. 



darker, more of a vinous brown ; two central tail-feathers dull purplish 

 brown, the two next of a duller brown, the outer three purplish black, 

 terminating with ashy grey ; primaries and secondaries blackish brown ; the 

 tertiaries have their inner Avebs blackish brown, the outer brownish 

 cinnamon ; the under wing-coverts of a dusky brown ; neck and breast dark 

 greyish plumbeous ; middle of abdomen testaceous white with a slight tinge 

 of pale rose-colour, sides chocolate-brown ; feathers of the flanks and under 

 tail-coverts brownish ash, ending in whitish ; thighs ashy brown ; bill hazel- 

 brown, the under mandible yellowish at the end ; tarsi and toes yellowish 

 flesh-colour. 



" Length about 10| in. ; wing 6|, tail 3^, bill f, tarsi t^. 



" Received from Dr. A. v. Frantzius : precise locality unknown. 



"Type in Mus. Smiths. Inst. no. 30431. 



" Remarks. — This beautiful Pigeon bears but little resemblance to any 

 species of which I can find an account. It is allied to the group represented 

 by G. caniceps, from Cuba. The colour of the breast, in each, is nearly the 

 same ; but they are not alike otherwise. It has much longer and stouter 

 tarsi and toes than G. caniceps." 



I have four specimens of this bird in my collection, received from 

 Mr. Boucard — male and female adult, and male and female young. This 

 gentleman informs me that they were all killed on the mountain of Candelaria, 

 at an elevation of 2500 or 3500 feet, in the month of May 1877. He 

 considers that the young, obtained at the same time, show that the breeding- 

 season was over. He says : — 



" I always found them on the ground, scratching the earth like chickens, 

 in search of insects. They have very much the same habits as Tinamidce and 



