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Birds of Paraguay. 
a, b. $ ad. Sapucay, August, 1904. 
Bill black; feet red ( $), purple-red ( ? ); iris brown. 
According to Azara, this species was very common in 
Paraguay and Buenos Ayres, and was found in flocks which 
rarely numbered fifty individuals ; but it more frequently 
occurred in pairs, perching in the thicker part of the trees 
about one-fourth of the way from the top. He says also 
that the bird did not frequent the forest, but procured its 
food in the open camps and plantations. It was very tame 
and could be approached quite closely. 
Mr. Foster is of opinion, however, that this is now quite a 
rare bird in Central Paraguay, and lives almost exclusively 
in the forests. 
Mr. Bertoni has separated the Paraguayan form of this 
bird under the title of Zenaida virgata ; but Dr. Ihering is 
of opinion that it is identical with the present species, and 
with this I agree. 
8. COLUMBULA PICUI. 
Palomba picui Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 23. no. cccxxiv. (1805). 
Columba picui Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 435, 498 
(1813) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvi. p. 383 (1818). 
Columbula picui Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 470; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 341. 
a. $ ad. Sapucay, August 13,1904. 
According to Mr. Foster, this species is resident and 
common in the more populated parts of the country, but 
rare at Sapucay, where he only obtained one specimen. 
In looking over the long series of this little Dove in the 
British Museum, 1 find that the adult female is very similar 
to the male, but is browner on the back and head, while the 
crown is slightly shaded with grey. In young birds there is 
no grey on the head, this being brown like the back. The 
outer tail-feather alone is white, the second and third having 
dull brown edges. 
I think that the specimen from Ceara, which is mentioned 
by Count Salvadori (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 472), is 
specifically distinct, and, as Mr. C. E. Hellmayr has pointed 
