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is included in the birds collected by the late Col. A. J. Grayson 
at Mazatlan. At Las Bocas de Silan Dr. Cabot also found 
A. albiventris, Lawr. 
Crypturus salljei. 
The presence of a specimen of this species in Dr. Cabot's 
collection is interesting, showing its range to extend into Yu¬ 
catan. In Guatemala, so far as I know, it is only to be found 
on the southern slope of the mountains in the hot country 
bordering the Pacific Ocean. 
Collection of Dr. T. K. Merritt , Flushing, Long Island. 
Whilst staying in New York I visited Dr. Merritt, the dis¬ 
coverer of Microchera albocoronata, at his house in Flushing, 
Long Island. I was especially anxious to see the Pigeon col¬ 
lected by him in Yeragua, and described by Mr. Lawrence as 
Geotrygon veraguensis (Lawr. Ann. Lyc.N.Y. viii.p.349,1866). 
Dr. Merritt kindly allowed Mrs. Salvin to take a sketch of 
the type specimen, which is here reproduced (Plate XII.). The 
species is a most distinct one, having no very near ally in this 
remarkable genus. It, perhaps, comes nearer to G. costari- 
censis, Lawr. (Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 136,1868), than to any 
other, but differs from that species in being smaller, and in 
having the hind neck and breast reddish purple, the former 
tinged with metallic lustre. G. costaricensis has the hind 
neck lustrous green, the interscapular region and shoulders 
alone being purple, and the breast slaty blue. Dr. Merritt 
told me that this Pigeon was quite common in the district in 
which he was residing, which was el Mineral de Yeraguas, 
situated on the north-eastern slope of the Cordillera, to-the 
south-eastward of the Chiriqui Lagoon. This district he de¬ 
scribed to me as exceedingly humid, and as entirely clothed 
with the densest tropical forest. Of G. costaricensis I saw a 
beautiful example in Mr. Lawrence's collection; and I find 
that a bird in our collection thus named, though resembling 
it in general coloration, differs considerably in having the 
wing-coverts, back, and uropygium dark umber-brown, instead 
of rich cinnamon. The front, too, is almost pure white, and 
not brownish salmon-colour. I have therefore no choice but 
