50 BIKDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



]irettv grev and white ground pigeon {EiKjijptUa rufaxUla), whose 

 e'>os, of a light sahnon colour ;-])Otted with light brown, may be 

 ojcasionally found at the roots of small trees and bushes." 



Genus GEOTRYGON Gosse. 



Geoiryrjon Gosse, Birds of Jaiiuiica, p. 310, 18^7. Type G. cristata 

 (Teuiin. &. Knipj. 



This genus is tdiiefly distinguished from Lejitojdlla in having 

 the first primaiy-(|uill nurmal, the legs and feet shorter, and the 

 tail almost square. 



32. Geotryg-on montana. 

 Ked Gkound-Dove. 



Geofrt/f/on monfana (Linn.), Syst. Nat. 10th ed. i. p. 163, 17oS ( Jamait-a) ; 

 Salvin. Ibis, IbSti, p. 174 (Bartica Grove, Camacusii, Merume Mts., 

 Koraima. 3oUU ft.j ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. o07, 1893 

 ( Bartica Grove) ; Braboiu-ne Si Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 20, no. 203, 

 11)12. 



Peristera montuna Cab. in Schomb. Beis. Guian. iii. p. 744r, 1848. 



Adult male. General colour above cinnamon rufous with lilac 

 reflections on the head and upper back; primary-quills rather 

 darker on the inner we])S ; fore part of the cheeks pale cinnamon 

 huff ; hinder cheeks like the head ; chin and throat whitish tinged 

 with buif like the feathers on the sides of the upper breast ; breast 

 vinous fading into sandy buff" on the abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts ; imder v.ing-coverts cinnamon rufous^ quill-lining 

 j)aler, like the umler surface of the tail. 



Total length 222 mm., culmen 18, wing 133, tail 73, tarsus 25, 

 middle toe and claw 20. 



The bird described above was collected on the Mazaruni River. 



Adult female. Differs chief!}- from the adult male in being olive- 

 brown ahove, and the absence of any lilac reflections, whicli are 

 replaced by a bronzy sheen. 



Breedintf-season. Unknown in British Guiana. 



yext. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



K<j'js. Unclescribed from Briti.sh Guiana. 



Ranfje in British Guiana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Ituribisi 

 Biver, >Supenaam Eiver, Bartica, Kamakabra Biver, Bonasika 

 Biver. ^lazaruni Biver, Makauria Biver (McConnell collection) ; 

 Mount Bcraima. Kamakusa. Merume Mountains {Whitelu), 



