268 PEEISTEEIDJ^. 



G. laivrencii similis, sed olivascenti-brunnea, pileo postico cum collo postico et lateral! sordide purpureo, 

 olivaceo vel aeneo nitente : fronte alba, vertiee canescente ; facie lateral! et gnla alb!s ; pectore toto 

 sordide cinereo, purpureo et olivaceo nitente ; abdomine et subcaudaUbus ochraceis, hypochondriis 

 brunnescentibus ; subalaribus et remigibns intus ciunamomeis. Long, tota circa 8-5, aJsB 5-3, cauda 2-6, 

 culm. 0-75, tarsi 1-4. (Descr. avis adult! ex Teragua. ilus. nostr.) 



Hab. Costarica, Talamnncn (Cooper *) ; Panama, Agua Bulce {£oucard^^),VeTa.gna 

 (Merritt^^, Arce% Montana del Vermejo [Arce^). 



Though at first sight similar to G. laivrencii, this species is distinguished by several 

 trenchant characters, especially the cinnamon-colour on the lining of the quills, a 

 feature which has induced Count Salvadori to place G. veraguensis in a separate section 

 of the genus Geotrygon, apart from G. lawrencii. It diflFers from the latter in its more 

 dingy colour above and in the dull grey breast, but especially in the ochraceous hue of 

 the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; otherwise, in the white face and its peculiar 

 markings, the affinity of G. veraguensis with G. lawrencii is very evident. 



It has been pointed out ^ that some of the specimens in the British Museum show 

 a tinge of rufous on the forehead and cheeks, and that they have no grey on the vertex ; 

 these, he thinks, are probably females. Such an example formed the type of Lawrence's 

 G. veraguensis, which was examined by Salvia in America, and was also lent by 

 Professor J. A. Allen to Count Salvadori. Salvin made a sketch of the type, when it 

 was " under glass " in Dr. Merritt's possession, and from this sketch the plate in the 

 ' Ibis ' was drawn ^. This plate was not quite accurate as regards some small details, 

 to which attention has already been drawn ^. 



G. rvfiventris was described by Lawrence from Costa Eica*, but it has not been 

 met with again in that country, and all our specimens have been obtained from Panama. 

 There can, however, be little doubt that G. rufiventris, of which we give a figure, is the 

 same as G. veraguensis, as determined by Count Salvadori, though we have never had 

 any Costa Rican specimens before us. 



M. Boucard met with this Ground-Dove at Agua Dulce, in the State of Panama, 

 and states that it was rather rare and difficult to detect, frequenting the ground in the 

 tropical forests and feeding upon seeds and, probably, insects. G. veraguensis was 

 originally discovered by Dr. Merritt in the district of El Mineral de Veraguas, on the 

 north-eastern slope of the Cordillera, to the south-eastward of the Chiriqui Lagoon, a 

 locality which he described to Salvin as being exceedingly humid and entirely clothed 

 with the densest tropical forest ; there the bird was quite common. 



6. Geotrygon albifacies. 



Perisiera mexicana, G. R. Gray, List Gallinse Brit. Mus. p. 15 (1844) (descr. nulla) '. 

 Peristera albifacies, G. R. Gray, List Columbse Brit. Mus. p. 55 (1856) (descr. nulla) \ 

 Geotrygon albifacies, Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 98'; 1859, pp. 368 \ 391'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, 



p. 401 ' ; Ex. Orn. p. 123 ' ; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 23.2 ' ; Ridgw. Man. N. Am. B. p. 217 ' ; 



Salv. & Godm. Ibis, 1892, p. 328 "; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 581 ". 



