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reotricibus medianis brunneis, reliquis schistaceis apicem versus nigris ; pileo postico colloque pulchre 

 canis ; fronte et facie lateral! conspicue pallidioribus ; mento albido ; corpore reliquo subtus clare 

 lilascenti-vinaceo, hypochondriis et subcaudalibus fusceacentioribus, hk albido limbatis et cauo lavatis ; 

 abdomine imo albido ; subalaribus, axUlaribus et remigibus intus cinnamomeis : rostro brunneo j pedibus 

 carneis ; iride violaceo-rubra. Long, tota circa 5-5, alae 3-05, caudae 2-0, culm. 0-45, tarsi 0-6. (Descr. 

 maris adulti ex Retalbuleu. Mus. nostr.) 

 2 mari similis, sed magis brunnescens, pileo colloque dorso concoloribus ; corpore subtus brunnescente, 

 gutture et pectore vix vinaceo lavatis ; abdomine toto albo. Long, tota circa 5-4, alas 3-1. (Descr. 

 feminse adultse ex Atoyac. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico, Atoyac, Vera Cruz (Mrs. H. H. Smith ^) ; Guatemala, Eetalhuleu 

 {Richardson ^) ; Panama [M'Leannan ^ ^, Arce ^). — Guiana ^ ; Brazil ^ ; Paraguay ^ ; 

 Peru ^. 



We notice certain dij0ferences of colour in a series of these birds from our region, and 

 the male described is more pearly grey on the forehead, lores, and region of the eye 

 than in South-American examples. Most of the specimens in the British Museum 

 have the sides of the face vinous, but we observe that one from Peru has a grey face. 

 A bird from Panama, obtained by Arce, is remarkably dark in colour, but as it has a 

 brown patch on the nape, following the grey crown, it may not be fully adult, though 

 the underparts are of a rich vinous colour. It is probable that the plumage of 

 C. minuta varies in intensity with locality in the same way as in C. passerina. 



This little Dove has the under surface of the wing cinnamon or pale chestnut, as in 

 C. passerina, but the breast is uniformly coloured and not scaly in appearance. 



In habits this species resembles the other members of the genus. 



4. ChamsBpelia rufipennis. 



Talpacotia rufipennis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 79 (ex Gray in Mus. Brit.) (1854) \ 



Chamcepelia rufipennis, Gray, List ColumbBe Brit. Mus. p. 51 (1856)^; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, 



p. 61'; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 369'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223 = j P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 370 ' ; 1870, p. 838 ' ; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 227 ' ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 301 ' ; 



viii. p. 178'°; ix. pp. 139", 207"; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 159" ; 1870, p. 217'*; Ibis, 



1889, p. 378"; v. Frantz. J. £. Orn. 1869, p. 372"; Sanchez, An. Mus. Nac. Mex. i. 



p. 105 " ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 43 "; 1883, p. 459 " ; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 231 " ; 



Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 487 " ; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xiv. 



no. 339, p. 9 ". 

 Peristera rufipennis, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Columbae, p. 136". 

 Columbigallina rufipennis, Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 581 " ; x. p. 584 " ; Zeledon, An. 



Mus. Nac! Costa Rica, 1887, p. 127 ="; Stone, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1890, p. 204"; Chapman, Bull. 



Amer. Mus. N. H. viii. p. 287 " ; Bangs, Pr. N. Engl. Zool. Club, ii. pp. 15 ", 358 '" ; Auk, 



1901, p. 25 '\ 

 Ckanuepelia talpacoti rufipennis, Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 408". 

 Columbigallina rufipennis eluta, Bangs, Auk, 1901, pp. 257, 258". 



Supra cinnamomea, capite summo et cervioe postica cinereis ; fronte dilutiore ; secundariis internis, tectricibus 

 alarum interioribus in pogonio externo plaga obliqua subterminali cbalybeo-nigra notatis : subtus vinaeeo- 

 cinnamomea, gula albicantiore ; remigibus cinnamomeis, fusco terminatis; subalaribus nigris; cauda 



