Plate XL. 



GEOTRYGON BOURCIERI. 



(BOUECIEE'S eEOUND-PIGEON). 



Geotrygon lourcieri .... Bp. Consp. ii. p. 71, (1857). 



„ . . . . Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p. 72. 



Peristera erythropareia . . . Gr. E. Gray, List of Spec, of Colombse, in Brit. Mas. (1856). 



Supra brunnea, interacapulio violaceo tincto : nucha ccBrulescenti-grisea, fronte et capitis lateribus pallide rufis : 

 linea rictali nigra : subtiis dilutior, plumbeo lavata, gula albicante, ventre medio paUidiore : alis subtus plumbeo- 

 nigricantibus : rostro nigro, pedibua rubris : long, tota 125, alse 6'2, caudse 4!"0, tarsi 1'6. 



Sah. Ecuador, Valley of Lloa (Bourcier): Pallatanga (Fraser). 



Obs. Similis G. lineari, sed genis rufis et corpore subtus fuscescentiore. 



This Geotrygon was first described by Prince Bonaparte in tbe second part of Ms 

 " Conspectus," from specimens obtained by M. Bom-cier, in the valley of Lloa in Ecuador, 

 and dedicated to its discoverer. It had, however, previously received the manuscript name 

 erythropareia in the British Museum, and is thus designated by Mr. G. E. Gray in his list of 

 Columbse, although no characters accompany the proposed new name. 



During his sojourn at Pallatanga, in 1858, Mr. Fraser obtamed many specimens of a 

 Geotrygon^ which we believe to have belonged to this species, although they have been dispersed, 

 and are now beyond our reach, so that we cannot identify them positively. Mr. Fraser notes 

 the bill as black, and the " legs in front and toes above red." The bird was found on the ground, 

 and the food ascertained to be " fi'uit, and in one instance grasshoppers." 



Our figure is taken fr'om the specimen iii the British Museum, which forms the type of 

 Mr. Gray's Peristera ei-ythropareia^ and whidi was acquired by purchase of M. Verreaux in 1855. 



Several other species of Geotrygon occur on the southern continent of America besides the 

 present. — These are, as far as we are acquainted with them, — 



1. G. linearis (Knip et Prey.) : Knip. Pig. ii. t. 55, from New Granada. 



2. G, montana (Linn.), widely spread over S.America. — Cliamicurros, E. Peru (Hauxwell): S. E. Brazil (Max. et 

 Burm.): Paraguay (Azara). 



3. G. violacea (Temm.), Brazil, Bahia (Mus. Brit.). 



We have not yet met with examples of G. frenata (Tsch.) and G. melancJiolica (Tsch.). 



Decembee, 1867. 



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