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cc. No dusky centers to feathers of chest. 



d. Small (wing not over 75 mm.); violet spots on wing-coverts and 



tertials. Chcemepelia minuta. 



dd. Larger (wing about 90 mm.); short black bars on tertials; upper 



parts chestnut-brown (male) or olive-brown (female) ; below 



bright vinaceous (male) or buffy-drab (female). 



Chcemepelia rufipennis rufipennis. 



bb. Larger (wing not less than 1 15 mm., usually more). 



c. Lower parts largely slaty-blue, ashy-blue, or cinnamon-brown. 

 d. Lower parts slaty- or ashy-blue. 



e. Entire upper parts slate-blue ; wings spotted with black. 



Claravis pretiosa pretiosa, $ . 

 ee. Upper parts not slate-blue; nape and hind-neck metallic- 

 green, interscapular region violet-purple ; a black malar 

 stripe. 

 /. Wing-coverts, posterior portion of interscapulars, and rump 

 chestnut-brown. Geotrygon costaricensis, $ & 9 . 



ff. Wings, lower back, and rump dark metallic olive-green. 



Geotrygon lawrencei, $ & 9 • 

 dd. Lower parts largely cinnamon-brown. 



e. Pileum and nape slaty-blue; wings, rump, and tail dark chest- 

 nut-brown. Geotrygon chiriquensis, $ & 9 • 

 ee. Pileum same color as wings and lower back, light cinnamon- 

 brown. Geotrygon montana $ . 

 cc. Lower parts not slaty-blue or cinnamon-brown. 



d. Under parts entirely deep purplish-vinaceous, or else with the abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts slaty-blue. 

 e. Under parts entirely purplish-vinaceous ; pileum and nape color 



of breast. 

 /. Back, wings, rump, and tail vinaceous-brown. 



Columba subvinacea, $ & 9 



ff. Upper parts grayish-olive. 



Columba nigrirostris brunneicanda. 

 ee. Only chest and breast purplish-vinaceous ; abdomen blue. 



Columba flavirostris minima, $ & 9 • 

 dd. Under parts not as above. 



e. Upper parts dark metallic olive-green. 



/. Chest metallic-green; flanks and under tail-coverts cinna- 



mon-ochraceous. Geotrygon veraguensis, $ & 9 . 



ff. Chest ochraceous-drab ; flanks and under tail-coverts pale 



buffy-ochraceous. Geotrygon montana, 9 . 



ee. Upper parts grayish-brown or slaty-olive. 



/. Smaller (wing about no) ; tertials spotted with purple or 

 chestnut-brown. 

 g. Upper and under tail-coverts chestnut-brown, chest 

 pale grayish-brown, spots on tertials chestnut. 



Claravis pretiosa pretiosa, 9 • 



