LEPTOPTILA. 261 



Santa Fe* », Calobre °, Bugaba 5 », Cordillera del Tole ^ (Arce), Divala, Chiriqui 12, 

 San Miguel in the Pearl Is. ^i (Brown), Lion Hill Station {M'Leannan 2 9 i9). — 

 Colombia ^ ^ ; Venezuela ^ ; Trinidad ^ ; Guiana ^ ; Ecuadoe ^ ; Peru ^. 



This species, originally described from Colombia ^ is also found in Venezuela and 

 Guiana, and extends to Ecuador, Trinidad, and Peru. It is very plentiful in Costa 

 Rica and Panama, where it frequents the second-growth woods. In the Gulf of 

 Nicoya it is the common Dove of the region. 



5. Leptoptila ganmeri. 



Ti^ngyptila gaumeri, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sc. iii. p. 157 \ 



Leptoptila gaumeri, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 557 '. 



Engyptilajamaicensis, Salv. Ibis, 1885, p. 193 '; 1889, p. 378'; 1890, pp. 89, 91, 92, 93 '. 



Leptoptila brachyptera, Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 545 (part.) (spec, g, i)°. 



L. verreauxi similis, et remigibus intns castaneis, sed supra olivaceo-viridi lavata, et pilei collique coloribus 

 diversis distinguenda ; fronte albida, postice cana, pileo reliquo et collo postico vivide metallice lilaoinis, 

 hoc et interscapulio summo cupreis et chalybeo-viridi nitentibus. Long, tota circa 9"8, ate 5"7, candee 3'3, 

 culm. 0*9, tarsi 1-2. (Descr. avis adulti ex Cozumel I. Mas. nostr.) 



Hob. Mexico, Silam 1, Izamal^ Merida 6, N. Yucatan 2, Jolbox I.*, Mugeres I. ^ 

 (Gaumer), Cozumel I. (Devis'^, Gaumer^ ^). 



Count Salvador! places this species in a section of the genus Leptoptila characterized 

 by the bluish-grey crown. This, however, is a feature so liable to variation that we 

 cannot accord much value to it, and, so far as we are able to judge, L. gaumeri is 

 closely allied to L. verreauxi, having the same cinnamon quill-lining, and only 

 diffei'ing in the colour of the head and the metallic neck. 



L. gaumeri is found only in Yucatan and the adjacent islands of Cozumel, Jolbox, 

 and Mugeres. There is no special record of its habits, though possibly some of the 

 notes relating to L. brachyptera and L. fulviventris may refer to this species. 



6. Leptoptila plumbeiceps. (Tab. LXVll. fig. 1.) 



Leptoptila rufaxilla, Bp. (nee Rich. & Bern.), P. Z. S. 1837, p. 113 '; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 309 = ; 

 Salv. & Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 402 '. 



Leptoptila plumbeiceps, Scl. & Salv. P.Z. S. 1868, p. 59*; P. Z. S. 1870, p. 838'; Schl. Mus. 

 P.-B., Columbffi, p. 160' ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 5507- 



Leptoptila bonapartii, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 15°; Salv. Ibis, 1874:, p. 312'. 



Supra saturate chocolatino-brnnnea, remigibus sepiariis, intus castaneis ; rectricibus chocolatino-brutineis, 

 dorso concoloribus, exfcerioribus nigris late albo terminatis ; pileo plumbeo, frpnte dilutiore, magis 

 canescente ; collo postico cinerascenti-plumbeo, lilacino adumbrate ; facie laterali et corpore subtus 

 saturate vinaceis ; gula et abdomine toto cum hypochondriis imis et subcaudalibus albis ; corporis 

 lateribus pallide brunnescentibus ; subalaribus, axillaribus et remigibus intus castaneis. Long, tota 

 circa 9-5, alae 5-5, cauda 3-05, culm. 0-8, tarsi 1-2. (Descr. maris typici ex Choctum, Mus. 

 aostr.) 



