COLUMBA. :)7 



Keif to the Species. 



A. Xo white nuchal collai'. 



o' . Under tail-eoverts with dark edges ... C. speciosa, p. 37. 



b'. Under tail-coverts uniform grey C. ruHna^ p, 38. 



c . Under tail-coverts uniform vinous 



brown C. intrintreotincta, p. 40. 



B. A nari'ow white nuchal collar ; under 



tail-coverts grey tinged with vinous ... C. cilhilitifa. \). 39. 



Fig. 9.--T0 illusti-ate the form of the hill. 



20. Columba speciosa. 

 Splendid Pigeon. 



Cohimha apeciosa Gniel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 783, 1789 (Cayenne) ; Cab. in 

 Schomb. Keis. Cluian. iii. p. 743, 1848 ; Salvin, Ibis, 188(>, p. 173 

 (Bartica Grove, Camacusa, Roraima) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 281, 1893; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 15, 

 1912. 



Adult male. Back and wings bright rufous with a purple tinge, 

 ])ecoming duller on the median and greater upper wing-coverts 

 and on the short upper tail-coverts, the long upper tail-coverts 

 dark brown ; tail black ; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 ])aler on the outer edges ; the feathers on the mantle paler than 

 the back and fringed with green, those on the hind-neck amethys- 

 tine with a white spot, like the sides of the neck and fore-neck ; 

 crown of head and sides of face vinous, throat similar with pale 

 l)ars to the feathers ; breast, sides of the body, and under wing- 

 coverts dull vinous ; middle of lower breast and abdomen whitish 

 with vinous edges to the feathers ; under tail-coverts white with 

 narrow dark edges. "Bill and feet yellowish ; iris dark brown." 



Total length 330 nun., culmen 21, wing 180, tail 100, tarsus 25. 



Adult female and immature males much duller, inclining to 

 earth-brown al)Ove and white, with du.^ky edgfs, (o the leathers 

 bcbtw. 



