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ff. Under tail-coverts deeper gray (nearly slate-gray). (Southern Brazil, 

 Paraguay, and eastern Peru.) 



Chlorcenas rufina sylvestris (extralimital)." 

 ee. Tail with apical portion neither conspicuously nor abruptly paler than 

 basal portion, and without any obvious darker subterminal band. 

 /. Posterior under parts dark gull gray (as dark as or darker than in C. r. 

 sylvestris). (Sierra da Lua, near Boa Vista, Amazonas, Brazil.) 



Chlorcenas rufina andersoni (extralimital).* 

 ff. Posterior under parts whitish gray to pure white. 



g. Posterior under parts more extensively and purely white. (Tobago.) 



Chloroenas rufina tobagensis (extralimital).< ! 



gg. Posterior under parts less extensively and less purely white (the 



white more or less tinged with gray, even on under tail-coverts). 



(Panama to southeastern Mexico; Colombia?; Venezuela?.) 



Chloroenas ruflna paUidicrissa (p. 305). 

 dd. Malar and auricular regions purple-drab or dull vinaceous. (Peru.) 



Chloroenas oenops (extralimital).^ 

 aa. Color of smaller wing-coverts and feathers of chest broken by paler margins (more 

 or less distinct). ( Young.) 

 b. Tail with a more or less distinct darker subterminal band, 

 c. Distal middle and greater wing-coverts conspicuously edged with whitish. 



Chloroenas fasciata fasciata, young (p. 289). 

 ec. Distal middle and greater wing-coverts not edged with whitish. 

 d. Bill pale-colored; under tail-coverts pale grayish. 



Chloroenas albilinea orissalis, young (p. 293). 

 dd. Bill dusky; under tail-coverts white or buffy white. 



Chloroenas carlbaea, young (p. 295). 



« Columba sylvestris Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxvi, 1818, 366 (Paraguay; 

 based on Paloma de la montis Azara, Apunt. Parag., iii, 11); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., xxi, 1893, 289, footnote (synonym); Chubb, Ibis, 1910, 59 (synonymy; range; 

 crit.). — Ch[loro2nas] sylvestris Reichenbach, Volls. Naturg., Columbariae, i, 1861, 62. — 

 Columba rufina sylvestris Hellmayr, Novit. Zool., xiii, Feb., 1906, 47 (s. Brazil); xv, 

 1908, 91 (Goyaz, s. Brazil). 



A very strongly marked form, of which a fair series has been examined. 



& Columba rufina andersoni Cory, Pub. 182, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. (Orn. Ser., i, 

 no. 8), Feb. 23, 1915, 294 (Sierra de Lua, near Boa Vista, n. Brazil; coll. Field Mus. 

 Nat. Hist.). 



Not seen by me. 



« Columba rufina tobagensis Cory, Pub. 182 (Orn. Ser., i, no. 8) Field Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., Feb. 23, 1915, 295 (Tobago; coll. Field Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



A very strongly marked subspecies, easily distinguished by its extensively and 

 purely white posterior under parts. 



d Columba cenops Salvin, Novit. Zool., ii, no. 1, Feb. 1, 1895, 20 (Vifia, Huamachuco 

 at 5,500 ft., Malca, and Cajabamba at 8,000 ft., Peru; coll. Tring Mus.?). 



Having neither seen this species nor been able to refer to the original description, 

 it is not unlikely that it may not be in proper place in the "key. " 



