BIRDS. 
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2. Columba loricata. Licht. Vog. Yerz. s. 67. 
Columba gymnophthalmus, Temm ., Pig. i. 18. 
leucoptera, Pr. Max. Reise, 2, p. 242. 
picazuro, Temm. Pig. p. 1 1 1 . 
Picazuro, Azara, Voy. No. 317. 
Frequents in large flocks the fields of Indian com in the neighbourhood of 
Maldonado. Legs dull “carmine red.” This, probably, is the representative on 
the eastern side of the Andes of the foregoing or Chilian species. 
1. Zenaida aurita. G. R. Gray. 
Columba aurita, Temm. Pig. p. 60. Wagl. sp. 70. 
I procured specimens of this bird at Maldonado (where it was very abundant^ 
in La Plata, and at Yalparaiso in Chile. 
2. Zenaida Galapagoensis. Gould . 
Plate XLYI. 
Z. vertice, cervice, dorso caudceque tegminihus obscure fuscis vinaceo-tinctis ; dorso 
nigro-guttato ; alarum tegminihus fuscis , plumd singula pallidk vinaceo-fusco ter- 
minate pogonii utriusque margine , macula oblong a magna nigra , lined alba 
separata ; remigibus primariis et secundariis nigrescenti-fuscis, cinerascenti-albo 
anguste marginatis ; cauda fuscescenti cinereo ad apicem fascia lata irregular i 
nigra ; loris linedque angustd supra et infra oculari nigris pallidb fusco mixtis ; 
gula pectoreque vinaceis, colli lateribus cerato tinctis ; crisso, caudceque tCgminibus 
inferioribus cinerascentibus, rostro nigro, pedibus rufescenti aurantiacis. 
Long. tot. 8J unc. ; aloe , 5\ ; caudoe , 3 ^ ; tarsi , ; rostri , 1. 
Crown of the head and back of the neck, dark chocolate brown, with a vinous 
tinge ; back and tail-coverts the same, the former spotted with black ; wing- 
coverts brown, each feather having a large oblong spot of black on the 
margin of either web, separated by a line of white, and tipped with light 
vinous brown, the white predominating on the larger coverts, primaries and 
secondaries blackish-brown, finely edged with greyish-white ; tail brownish- 
grey, crossed near the extremity with a broad irregular band of black ; lores 
and a narrow line above and beneath the eye black, interrupted with light 
brown : throat and chest rich vinous, glossed on the sides of the neck with 
metallic bronze, and fading into greyish on the vent and under tail-coverts : 
bill black ; feet reddish-orange. 
