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cc. Back, etc., duller (leas rufescent).brown; averaging smaller. 

 d. Larger; back, etc., more rufescent. 

 e. Coloration slightly duller; wing and tail shorter; wing, 151.2; tail, 121.6; 

 exposed culmen, 12.6; tarsus, 20.9; middle toe, 23.3. (Colombia and 



western Ecuador) OSnoenas subvinacea berlepschi (extralimital).a 



ee. Coloration slightly brighter; wing and tail longer, bill shorter; wing, 160; 

 tail, 127; exposed culmen, 11.5; tarsus, 20.5; middle toe, 24. (Western 



Venezuela) (Enoenas subvinacea zulise (extralimital) . & 



dd. Smaller; back less rufescent; wing, 149; tail, 116.5; exposed culmen, 11.7; 

 tarsus, 20.5; middle toe, 22.7. (Paria Peninsula, northeastern Ven- 

 ezuela.) (Enoenas subvinacea peninsularis (extralimital). « 



bb. Back, etc., dark olive-brown or brownish-olive. 

 c. Bill much thicker; hindneck more strongly vinaceous, in contrast with color 

 of back; wing longer, tail shorter; wing, 158.8; tail, 111.7; exposed cul- 

 men, 13.6; tarsus, 20.8; middle toe, 23.7. (Southern Mexico to Panama.) 



(Enoenas nigrirostris (p. 328). 



cc. Bill much more slender; hindneck less strongly vinaceous in slight contrast 



with color of back; wing shorter, tail longer. 



d. Bill shorter and thicker; forehead less vinaceous; under parts of body 



paler; smaller; wing, 148.4; tail, 113.2; exposed culmen, 11.4; tarsus, 20.6; 



middle toe, 22.5. (Guianas; Venezuela; Curacao?; eastern Ecuador?; 



northeastern Brazil?.) (Enoenas purpureotincta (p. 331). 



dd. Bill longer and more slender; forehead more vinaceous; under parts of body 

 darker; larger; wing, 153; tail, 119; exposed culmen, 13; tarsus, 20; 

 middle toe, 23.5. (Western Panama 1 .) (Enoenas ckiriquensis (p. 332). 



(ENffiNAS SUBVINACEA SUBVINACEA (Lawrence). 



BUDDY PIGEON, 



Adult male. — Pileum between purple-drab and dark vinaceous- 

 gray, passing into a more decidedly vinaceous or purplish hue on 

 neck, this into bay or chocolate on upper back (sometimes whole 

 back), scapulars, and lesser (sometimes also middle and greater) 

 wing-coverts, the upper rump similar but usually slightly duller, the 



° Chlorcenas rufina (not Columba rufina Temminck) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1859, 147 (Pallatanga, w. Ecuador). — Columba subvinacea (not Chlorcenas subvinacea 

 Lawrence) Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 543 (Eemedios, Antioquia, 

 Colombia); Berlepschand Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 574 (w. Ecuador); 

 Taczanowski and Berlepsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1885, 123 (Guayaquil, Ecuador); 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxi, 1893, 326, part (Remedies, Colombia; Palla- 

 tanga, Monji, BalzarMts., and Quito, Ecuador). — (I 1 ?) Chlorcenas vinacea (not Columba 

 vinacea Gmelin) Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, 48 (Huambo, n. e. 

 Peru). — Columba subvinacea berlepschi Hartert, Novit. Zool., v, no. iv, Dec. 31, 1898, 

 504 (Paramba, n. w. Ecuador, 3,500 ft. alt.; coll. Tring Mus.); ix, 1902, 602 (Paramba, 

 San Javier, and Pambilar, n. w. Ecuador, sea-level to 3,500 ft.). 



6 Columba subvinacea zulise Cory, Pub. 182, Field Mus. N. H. (Orn. Ser., i, no. 8), 

 Feb. 23, 1915, 295 (Orope, Zulia, w. Venezuela; coll. Field Mus. Nat. Hist.). 



o Columba subvinacea peninsularis Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xxxiv, May 27, 

 1915, 366 (Cristobal Colon, Paria Peninsula, n. e. Venezuela; coll. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist.). 



