76 CHLORCENAS SUBVINACEA. 



plumage only in being less vinaceous on the lower part of the hind neck and 

 abdomen, where it is brownish cinnamon. 



" Remarks. There are four specimens of this species in the collection, all 

 agreeing in plumage. It differs from C vinacea in being generally lighter in 

 colour, the back and rump being cinnamon-brown instead of dull dark 

 vinous ; the wings of C. vinacea are of an olivaceous cast, and the inner webs 

 of the quills are not of a cinnamon-colour as in the present species. 



" C nigrirostris, Scl., is either this or C vinacea, and has the back and 

 wings dark olive-brown." 



Mr. Boucard states to me that the specimen from which the Plate is 

 taken, now in my collection, was killed at an altitude of 7000 feet, on the 

 Volcan de Irazu, among a small flock of ten birds distributed on several 

 trees ; usually about tw^o or four individuals rest on each tree. The species 

 keeps to the mountains, and feeds on seeds. When acorns appear, as they 

 do in May, this Pigeon is frequently seen in the oak forest ; and, Mr. Boucard 

 adds, here it lives. 



The date on this skin, which is that of a male, is July 5th, 1877. 



