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Show 1867.] MR. O. SALVIN ON THE BIRDS OF VERAGUA. 159 205. LEPTOPTILA VERREAUXI, Bp. Santa Fe. 206. LEPTOPTILA, sp. ? Cordillera de Tole. The species of this genus require a thorough revision. 207. COLUMBA RUFINA, Temm. Cordillera de Tole. 208. CHAMEEPELIA RUFIPENNIS, Bp.; Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1865, p. 179. David (Hicks). 209. GEOTRYGON CHIRIQUENSIS, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 143. David (Bridges). 210. GEOTRYGON VERAGUENSIS, Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lvc. June, 1866. Veragua (Merritt). Arce has sent a specimen of a young Pigeon from Santa Fe, which is just sufficiently feathered to show a dark purple gloss on the back. I have little doubt it belongs to the fine species which Mr. Lawrence has lately described. 211. TINAMUS ROBUSTUS, Scl. Santiago de Veragua. 212. CHAMCEPETES UNICOLOR, sp. n. C. niger, viridescente nitens : abdomine et ventre imo paulo dilutioribus, vix nitentibus: plumis pectoris cinereo obscure marginatis : rostro nigerrimo, pedibus rubris: long, tota 24, alee 11, caudce 11, tarsi 2*8, rostri a rictu 1*6. Obs. Affinis C. goudoti, Less., sed statura paulo majore, corpore unicolore, et coloribus saturatioribus primo visu dignoscendus. The genus Chamcepetes was founded by Wagler (Isis, 1832, p. 1227) upon Ortalida goudoti (Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 217), the characters given being as follows:-" Character Ortalidce, gula et mentum toto-plumosa." Ortalida is characterized as having the inner web of the primaries entire, &o. Through Mr. G. R. Gray's kindness I have had an opportunity of examining a specimen of C. goudoti in the British Museum, and I find that it has strongly arched primaries, with deeply excised inner webs, such as so clearly characterize some sections of the Cracida;. In addition to this, M . Goudot, as quoted by Lesson, distinctly states that the trachea is without the curious fold found in Ortalida. These points, as well |
