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ff. Under parts darker (more tawny), with little if any white or pale buff 

 posteriorly. (Saba, Leaser Antilles.) 



Oreopeleia mystacea sabae (p. 476). 

 dd. No white stripe on side of head. 

 e. Posterior under parts not pure white; no white on axillars or under wing- 

 coverts. 

 /. Upper parts chestnut; foreneck and chest russet- vinaceous, brownish 

 vinaceous or vinaceous-fawn color. (Adult males.) 

 g. Larger (wing 144.5-159, averaging 156.1; coloration of under parts 

 averaging much darker, more purplish anteriorly, more tawny or 

 ochraceous posteriorly). (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, 

 Santa Lucia, and St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles.) 



Oreopeleia martinica, adult male (p. 476). 

 gg. Smaller (wing 131-149.5, averaging 139.7; coloration of under parts 

 paler, less purplish anteriorly, more buffy posteriorly. (Cuba, Isle 

 of Pines, Haiti, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Grenada, and tropical conti- 

 nental America, from southern Mexico to Paraguay, Bolivia, and 



Peru. ) Oreopeleia montana, adult male (p. 478). 



ff. Upper parts olive, olive-brown, or fuscous; foreneck and chest olive- 

 brown to buffy brown. (Adult females and young.) 

 g. Larger (wing 143-159, averaging 148.3); coloration averaging darker, 

 especially the under parts. 



Oreopeleia martinica, adult female (p. 477). 

 gg. Smaller (wing 127-145, averaging 136.6) ; coloration averaging lighter, 



especially the under parts Oreopeleia montana, adult female 



(p. 479). 

 ee. Posterior under parts pure white; axillars and proximal under wing- 

 coverts white. (Oreopeleia violacea.) 

 f. Forehead and cheeks less vinaceous; purple or violet gloss on back less 

 distinct. (Southern Brazil.) 



Oreopeleia violacea violacea (extralimital).o 

 ff. Forehead and cheeks more vinaceous; purple or violet gloss on back 

 more pronounced. (Colombia to Nicaragua.) 



Oreopeleia violacea albiventer (p. 484). 



cc. Tail without trace of rufous; a white stripe on side of head, starting at rictus 



(but not involving anterior portion of malar region). (Eastern Costa 



Bica to middle Panama.) Oreopeleia veraguensis (p. 486). 



aa. Inner webs of remiges without any rufous. 

 6. A black subauricular streak, 

 c. Chest bluish gray. 

 d. Pileum and nape grayish, the forehead white or buff. 

 e. Forehead buff; wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts chestnut. 

 (Costa Rica and western Panama.) Oreopeleia costaricensis (p. 487). 



o Columba violacea Temminck, Les Pigeons, i, fam. trois., 1808-11, 67, pi. 29 ("Nou- 

 veau monde"; coll. Paris Mus.). — Peristera violacea Gray, List Gallinse Brit. Mus., 

 1844, 55. — P[eristerd] violacea Reichenbach, Syn. Av. Columbariae, Novit., 1851, pi. 

 257 6, fig. 3391 (lege 3386). — [Geotrygori] violacea Bonaparte, Consp. Av., ii, 1857, 72 

 (Brazil). — 0[reopeleia] ? violacea Reichenbach, Vollst. Naturg., Columbariae, i, 1861, 

 33, fl. 257, fig. 3386.— Oreopelia violacea Pelzein, Orn. Bras., 1871, 279, 451 (Ypanema, 

 Brazil). — Geotrygori violacea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. , xxi, 1893, 565, part(Bahia, 

 Brazil). — Starnoenas violacea Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, iv, no. 35 (Columbae), 1873, 

 165 (Surinam; Temminck's type; Brazil). — [Oropelia] violacea Heine and Reichenow, 

 Norn. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 289. 



