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8. Columba nigrirostris. 



Cotumba niffrirostris, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 390 ^ Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 370'; 1867, 

 p. 280'; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 206*; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 217"; Zeledon, An. Mas. Nac. Costa 

 Rica, 1887, p. 127°; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 594''; Salvad. Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. xxi. p 322'; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 522'; Bangs, Auk, xviii. 

 p. 358 ". 



Chloroenas nigrirostris, Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 371 " ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 455 ". 



Chlorcenas vinacea, Lawr. (nee Temm.), Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 333". 



Columba ?, Scl. & Salv. 1860, p. 402 ". 



Supra olivascenti-fusca, purpureo vix tincto, capite et coUo postioo vinaceo-purpureis ; capitis lafceribus et 

 corpore toto subtus pallidiore vinaceis, gula albicantiore ; tectncibus subalaribus et remigibus intus 

 cinnamomeis : rostro nigro ; pedibus carneo-mbidis ; iride vinacea. Long, tota circa 11-0, alse 6'5, caudse 

 4-2, rostri a rictu 0-9, tarsi 0-9. (Deser. maris ex La Lana, Mexico. Mus. nostr.) 



$ mari similis. 



Hub. Mexico, Oaxaca ^ La Lana (Boucard) ; British Honduras, vicinity of Belize 

 {Blancaneaux «) ; Guatemala, hot region of "Vera Paz, Choctum ^ i* (0. S. & 

 F. D. G.); Honduras, Segovia Biver (Townsend'') ; Nicaragua, Rio Escondido 

 {Bichmond^), Blewfields (WicMam^); Costa Rica (v. Frantzius ^^), Tunialba 

 (Arce% Talamanca {Zeledon^), Rio Matina, Naranjo de Cartago, Trojas, Reven- 

 tazon, Pozo Pital, Sipurio, Sarchi de Grecia, Juan Vinas, Guayabal (Underwood, 

 in litt.); Panama, Divala, Chiriqui (Brown ^% Bugaba (Arce^), Lion Hill 

 (M'Leannan ^ ^^). 



This and the following species belong to a section of the genus Columha in which the 

 plumage is of an almost uniform vinous brown, with scarcely any spots or markings, 

 beyond a few reddish ones on the back of the neck, and these are not always visible. 

 C. nigrirostris can easily be distinguished by its thick black bill, and by the rufous 

 tinge on the inner webs of the quills^. It is confined to Central America, and ranges 

 from Southern Mexico to Panama. 



We found the species in Guatemala only in the hot forest-regions of Vera Paz *. 

 In Nicaragua Mr. Richmond ^ states that it is chiefly confined to the forest, and is 

 abundant, particularly along streams, where its favourite perch is the Trumpet-tree 

 (Cecropia). 



Nothing further seems to have been recorded of the habits of this Pigeon. 



9. Colainba subviuacea. 



Chlorcenas subvinacea, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 135 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 317 ' ; v. Frantz. 



J. f. Om. 1869, p. 371 ' ; Rowley, Orn. Misc. iii. p. 75, t. 91*. 

 Columba subvinacea, Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 217'; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 43 '; Scl. & Salv. 



P. Z. S. 1879, p. 543 ^ Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127"; Salvad. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 326 ' ; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. no. 339, 



p. 9 " ; Bangs, Vt. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii. p. 23 ". 

 Supra oinnamomea, vinaceo lavata, uropygio vix safcuratiore ; capite, cervice et corpore subtus vinaceis, gula 



