BIRDS OP NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



485 



150 (142); tail, 72-92 (79.9); exposed culmen, 14-15.5 (14.8); 

 tarsus, 25-27 (26); middle toe, 21.5-23 (22.1).° 



Adultfemale. — Similar to the adult male but coloration much duller; 

 scapulars, greater wing-coverts, alulae, primary coverts, and terminal 

 portion of primaries olive-brown instead of chestnut; metallic gloss 

 on back much less distinct, sometimes coppery bronze instead of 

 purple or violet; crown, occiput, and hindneck decidedly brown, with 

 metallic gloss very faint or altogether absent; foreneck and chest dull 

 buffy grayish, with little if any vinaceous tinge, and distal under wing- 

 coverts brown instead of vinaceous-russet; length (skins), 210-245 

 (227); wing, 135-146 (139.7); tail, 73.5-85 (79.5); exposed culmen, 

 13.5-14.5 (14); tarsus, 25-26:5 (25.8); middle toe, 21-21.5 (21.2). 6 



Young. — Above olive-brown, passing into dull chestnut on upper 

 tail-coverts and tail, the interscapulars, scapulars, at least some of 

 the Wing-coverts, and proximal secondaries, rather broadly tipped or 

 terminally margined with russet or cinnamon and with a subterminal 

 bar of dusky; crown, occiput, and nape dusky brown, the first, at 

 least, with rusty brown tips to the feathers; foreneck and chest 

 grayish brown or brownish gray, the feathers broadly tipped with 

 cinnamon and with a rather broad subterminal bar of darker grayish 

 brown, or dusky; otherwise, much as in adult female; bill brownish; 

 iris brown." 



Nicaragua (Pefia Blanca), Costa Kica (Ten6rio; Volcan de Mira- 

 valles; Angostura, in valley of Rio Eeventaz6n, 2,000 ft.), Panama 

 (Lion Hill; Cerro Azul, 1,Q00 ft), and Colombia (Cacagualito and 

 Don Diego, Santa Marta) . 



Oeotrygon violacea? (not Columba violacea Temminck and Knip, 1808-11) Law- 

 . eence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., vii, 1872, 477 (Lion Hill Panama; crit.; descr. 



adult male). 

 Geotrygon violacea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxi, 1893, 565, part 



(Panama). — Underwood, Ibia, 1896, 447 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Bica; 



habits). 



a Five specimens. 



6 Three specimens. 



c Mrs. H. H. Smith. 



