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footed birds the specimen shown with perfectly ivebbed feet 

 had been produced. 



Mr. Tegetmeier considered that the fact demonstrated 

 by this specimen was of the highest importance. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described the following 

 new birds : — 



COLUMBA GOODSONI, n. Sp. 



cf ad. Crown and sides of head plumbeous grey, lightest 

 on the forehead ; hind-neck purplish brown, with strong me- 

 tallic reflexions ; rest of upperside deep brown, with metallic 

 reflexions, strongest and reddish purplish on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts. Wings slaty brown ; inner w r ebs of re- 

 miges, except the tips, pale cinnamon, like the under wing- 

 coverts. Tail deep brown, with almost black shafts and a 

 reddish-purple hue in a certain light. Chin very light plum- 

 beous grey; fore-neck, chest, and breast plumbeous grey, 

 with a faint purplish wash ; abdomen more or less strongly 

 washed with purplish brown; under tail-coverts pale chestnut- 

 vinaceous; sides with a strong cinnamon -rufous wash under 

 the wings. Iris red; feet carmine; bill black. Wing 155 

 to 156 mm., tail about 110, tarsus 16 to 17, bill 12 to 13. 



2 like the male, but generally a little duller, the upper- 

 side a little more brownish, under surface somewhat more 

 uniform, wing a few millimetres shorter. Wing 146 to 

 151 mm., tail about 100 to 105, tarsus 16, bill 11 to 12. 



Hab. S. Javier, Pambilar and Carondelet, N.W. Ecuador, 

 collected by G. Flemming, one of Mr. Rosenberg's corre- 

 spondents. Named after Mr. Arthur Goodson, of the Tring 

 Museum, whose knowledge of Columbidce is considerable. 



Obs. This interesting new Pigeon replaces apparently in 

 the regions inhabited by it the Columba nigrirostris of Central 

 America, from which, however, it differs so materially, that 

 I have described it as a species. Columba subvinacea of 

 Central America is represented in the same regions by my 

 C. subvinacea berlepschi, and a subspecies of C. plumbea, 

 either C. p. bogotensis or an unnamed one, also occurs. 



