Plate LXII. 



GEOTRYGON CHIRIQUENSIS. 



(CHIEIQUIM GEOUND-PIGEON). 



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Geotrygon cMriquensis 



Sclater, RZ.S. 1856, p. 143. 

 Salyin, P.Z.S. 1867, pp. 130, 159. 



Supra saturate castaneo-brunneus,interscapulio purpurascente tincto: pileo toto schistaceo, frontem versus dilutiore: 

 faciei lateribus albicantibus, a gula alba linea irregulari nigra, divisis : subtus cinnamomeus, pectore toto et lateribus 

 cum tectricibus subalaribus castaneis : remigibus alarum schistacescenti-nigris ; cauda supra fere concolore, subtus 

 nigricante, cinnamomeo terminate : rostro nigro, mandibulsD basi et pedibus rubris : long, tota 11*5, alee 6'0, cauda? 4'0, 

 tarsi 1*6. 



Hab. in Veragua {Bridges et Arce), 



Since preparing our article upon the Ground-pigeon figured in Plate XXXIX of this work 

 as Geotrygon cMriquensis, we have received in one of Arce's collections from Veragua the bird 

 we now figure under the same name, which is without any doubt the rightful owner of the 

 appellation, while the former ought to be called Geotrygon albifacies. So soon as we saw the 

 present bird we suspected that a fresh mistake had been added to the long list of errors 

 connected with the White- faced Ground-pigeon of Mexico and Guatemala, in regarding it as 

 identical with Geotrygon cMriquensis. For it was obvious at first sight that the bird just arrived 

 from Veragua was quite distinct, and it was hardly probable that the two allies would occur in 

 the same country. Our suspicion was converted into certainty, when, on a recent visit to Paris, 

 we had the satisfaction of finding the original type of Sclater's description of Geotrygon 

 cMriquensis, which was formerly in the collection of the late Prince Bonaparte, but has lately 

 been transferred to the Gallery of the Jardin des Plantes. 



It remains, therefore, only to ask pardon for our error, and as some atonement for it to 

 present our readers with a figure and description of the true Geotrygon cMriquensis, taken from 

 Arce's specimen, which is now in Messrs. Salvin and Godman's collection. At the same time 

 we request them to alter the title of Plate XXXIX to Geotrygon albifacies. 



The original specimen of Sclater's Geotrygon cMriquensis was obtained by the late Mr. 

 Bridges in 1856 near David in Southern Veragua. Arce's skins were collected at Castillo and 

 Calovevora in the northern slope of the same country, but rather more to the eastward. We 

 are not aware that the species has been met with by other collectors. 



Geotrygon cMriquensis is easily distinguished from , G. albifacies by the uniform slaty colour 

 of the top of the head and nape, the latter in G. albifacies being purplish like the back ; 



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