46 BIIiDS OF r.RITlSlI GUIAXA. 



tlie scapulars and some of the upper wing-coverts, and blackish 

 edcres to the feathers of the bastard-wing and primary-coverts; 

 primary and secondary qnills chestnut margined and tipped with 

 blackish ; central tail-feathers like the back, the outer ones for 

 the most part blackish, under aspect of tail blackish. 



Total length 180 mm., culmen 14, wing 88, tail 57, tarsus 16. 



^''Female. Above dull brownish, sometimes tinged with rusty; 

 lower parts plain greyish brown or brownish grey '' (Salvadori, 

 Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, xxi. p. 488). 



This species is not represented in the McConnell collection, and 

 the description is taken from an example in the British Museum 

 said to have been collected in Trinidad. 



Range in British Guiana. Georgetown and on the Hoorie Creek. 

 (Beele.) 



F.viraliDtital Tlanne. Venezuela, Colombia, Central America 

 north to Mexico. 



Habits. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Genus CLAEAVIS Oberh. 



Chimvis Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Philad., June 2, 1S99, p. 203. 

 Tyjx) C. 2)refiosa (Ferari-Perez). 



The present genus is distinguished by the grey colour of the 

 male, the first primary-quill sharply attenuated at the lip, and the 

 tail about two-thirds the length of the wing. 



20. Claravis pretiosa. 

 Cinereous Dove. 



Claravis j)^'^1iosa (Ferari-Perez), Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 175, 1886 

 (Mexico) ; Brabourne & Clnibb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 18, no. 183, 

 1912. 



Pcrisfera cinerea Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 491, 1893 (Quonga, 

 Ourmnee). 



Adult male. General colour above dark slate-grey on the back, 

 wings, and middle tail-feathers ; upper wing-coverts, scapulars, and 

 innermost secondaries spotted with black which vary in size and 

 forui ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, the 

 latter grey on the inner webs; the outer pair of tail-feathers black 

 with a little grey at the base, the next two pairs grey with black 



