234 COLUMBID^. 



Escondido {Richmond^); Costa Eica, Buenos Aires (Underwood, in lift.); 

 Panama 10, Lion Hill Station (M'Leannan^), Volcan de Chiriqui^, Bugaba 

 (Arce^^), Boquete {Broion''). — South America generally, from Colombia to 

 Guiana, Amazonia, Brazil, and Peru^. 



Like C. leucocephala, this species belongs to a section of the genus in which the 

 feathers of the nape show prominent dark markings, but in C. speciosa there is a 

 complete circle, giving the neck a scaly appearance. 



This Pigeon has a V^ide distribution in South America, and is found in most of the 

 Central-American States. It doubtless breeds throughout its range, as Mr. Richmond 

 records the capture of a young bird in first plumage on the Escondido River, and near 

 Peten Leyland found it domesticated and very tame. 



3. Columba flavirostris. 



Columba fiavirostris, Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 519'; Baird, Mex. Bound. Surv., Birds, p. 21, t. 33'; 



Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, pp. 369 ^ 391*; 1864, p. 178'; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 226'; Dresser, 



Ibis, 1866, p. 23'; Lawr. Mem. Bost. See. N. H. ii. p. 304°; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 



p. 44'; Sumictr. La Nat. v. p. 231"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 428"; Boncard, P. Z. S. 



1883, p. 458"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127"; Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 



1890, p. 204"; Bendire, Life Hist. N. Amer. Birds, p. 128 ''; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Am. 



Birds, 2nd ed. p. 120 '' ; Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. viii. p. 287 " ; Salvad. Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 285 ". 

 Chlorcmas flavirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309"; Salv. Ibis, 1861, p. 355"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. ix. p. 134 " ; V. Prantz. J. f . Orn. 1869, p. 370 ^\ 

 Columba erythrina, Licht. Nomencl. Mus. Berol. p. 81 " ; B,idgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 9 " ; 



Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 395". 



Supra griseo-fusca, dorso imo et uropygio schistaceis ; capite, cervice, pectore et abdomine snmino vinaceo- 

 castaneis ; mento albido ; tectricibus alarum majoribus, abdomine imo, tectricibns subcandalibus et 

 hypochondriis schistaceis ; tectricibus alarum minoribus castaneis baud vinaceo tinctis ; remi^ibus fnseis 

 stricte albo limbatis ; canda tota nigricanti-plumbea : rostro et pedibus cameo-rubris. Long, tota 

 circa 13*0, alae T'S, caudae 5-0, rostri a rictu 1-0, tarsi 1-0. (Desor. maris ex Salina Cruz, Mexico. 

 Mus. nostr.) 



5 mari similis. 



Bob. North America, southern border of the United States from Arizona and the Rio 

 Grande Valley i^. — Mexico (Wagler^), Matamoros (Dresser''), Nuevo Leon, Las 

 Escobas, Santa Ingracia, Los Trevifios, Villa Grande, Monte Morelos (Armstrong ^^) 

 Aldama, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Santiago, San Bias, Tepic, Salina Cruz, Tehuan- 

 tepec (Richardson ^^), Sierra de Alamos, Sonora, El Toro, Sinaloa (Lloyd^^) 

 Mazatlan (Xantus ^s, Grayson » »), Presidio (Forrer i^), Sierra Madre (Xantus » 9), 

 Acapulco (Markham "), Valley of Mexico (White % Jalapa (de Oca% Ve-^a del 

 Cazadero, Vera Cruz (Trujiilo is), Misantla (F. B. G. iS), Atoyac, Vera Cruz 

 (Mrs. H. E. Smith^^), Cordova (Salle ^^ Sumichrast ^% San Lorenzo near 

 Cordovans, rjo Rancho Nuevo, Plan del Rio, Hacienda de Tortugas, Alvarado 

 (Ferrari-Perez), Orizaba, Potrero, Tapana, Santa Efigenia, Tonala, Gineta Mts., 



