GEOTRYGON BOÜRCIERI.
(BOUECIEK’S GEOUKD-PIGEON).
Peristera erythropareia
Bp. Consp. ii. p. 71, (1 857).
Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, p . 72.
G. R. G ray , L is t o f Spec, o f Colombæ in B rit. Mus. (1856).
S u p rà bru nn ea , io te rscap u lio violaceo tin c to ; nucliâ coerulescenti-griseâ, fro n te e t c ap itis la te rib u s pallidè rufis :
lin e â rictali n ig r â : su b tù s d ilu tio r, plumbeo lavata, g u lâ albicante, v e n tre medio p a llid io re : a lis su b tù s plumbeo-
n igricantibufl : ro s tro nigro, p edibus ru b ris ; long, to ta 12 5, alæ 6 '2 , caudæ 4 '0 , ta ra i l '6 .
I la b . E cuador, Valley o f Lioa (B ow cier): P a lla ta n g a (Fraser).
Obs. Similis G. lineari, sed genis rufis e t corpore su b tu s fuscescentiore.
This Geotrygon was first described h y Prince Bonaparte in the second part o f his
“ Conspectus” from specimens obtained by M. Bourcier in the v alley o f Lloa in Ecuador,
and dedicated to its discoverer. It had, however, previously received the manuscript name
erythropareia in the British Museum, and is thus designated by Mr. G. E. Gray in his list of
Columbæ, although no characters accompany the proposed new name.
During his sojourn at Pallatanga, in 1858, Mr. Fraser obtained many specimens o f a
. Geotrygon, which we believe to have belonged to this species, although they have been dispersed,
and are now beyond our reach, so that we cannot identify them positively. Mr. Fraser notes
the bill as black, and the “ legs in front and toes above red.” The bird was found on the ground,
and the food ascertained to be “ fruit, and in one instance grasshoppers.”
Our figure is taken from the specimen in the British Museum, which forms the type of
Mr. Gray’s Peristera erythropareia, and which was acquired by purchase o f M. VeiTcaux in 1855.
Several other species o f Geotrygon occur on the southern continent o f America besides the
present.—These are, as far as we are acquainted with them,—
1. O. linearis (Ku ip e t Prev.) : K n ip . Pig . ii. t. 55, from New Granada.
2. G. nionlana (L in n .), widely spread over S. America.— Chamicurros, E. P e ru ('HatfïiceZO; S. E. Bra zil (M a x .e t
B u rm .): Parag u ay (Azara).
3. 0. violacea (Temm.), Brazil, Bahia (Mus. B r i t ) .
We have not yet met with examples o f G. frenata (Tsch.) or G. melancholica (Tsch.).
D ecember, 1867.
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