A new pigeon from Chiriqui, Panama

Vol. XXVIII. pp. 139-140 June ^29,1915

PROCEEDINGS

OFTHE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

A NEW PIGEON FROM CHIRIQUI, PANAMA.

BY ROBERT RIDGWAY.

[Bypermission^oftheSecretaryofthe SmithsonianInstitution.]

In working up

^the

pigeons

^{of the}

genus

^CEncenasfor

Part VII,

Bulletin 50,

U.

S.

National Museum ("Birds

of

North and Middle America"),

the following

new

species

was

discovered.

CEnoenas chiriquensis sp. nov.

Type, unsexed, U. ^{S. National}

Museum,

^No.148,301, Chiriqui, Pana- ma. Collected by^{E. Arce.}

Similarto CE.purpureotincta^, but with _longerbill,

wing and

^{tail (the}

billrelatively

more

slender),colorofhead

and

neck

more

_vinaceous,

and

innerwebsof remigeswhollygrayish

brown

;similaralso to CE. nigriros- tris but bill very

much more

slender, upper parts

more

_purplish (less olivaceous) brown,^inner

webs

of remigeswithout

cinnamomeous (wood brown)

tinge,

and

color ofunderparts darker.

Adult (male?).

—

Forehead

and

anterior portion ^of

crown

between vinaceous-drab

and

brownishdrab, passing into deep brownish drab on posterior part ^of crown, occiput,

and

hindneck, ^{the latter} transversely spotted (a pair^ofsubterminalspots

on

each _feather) withpurplish vina- ceous orlight vinaceous-lilac;* rest of upperparts dark olive

brown

or darkbister, passing ^into

more

_purplish

brown

_{(nearly light seal brown,}

somewhat

tinged with bronzy)

on rump,

upper tail-coverts,

and

tail,t the primariesdarker

and more

_grayish

brown;

^{sides of head}

and

_neck, foreneck,

and

chest plain vinaceous-drab or deep brownishdrab, passing into deep vinaceous-buff or avellaneous on chin

and

_upper throat

and

intobrownish drab onbreast

and more

_posterior under_parts, theunder tail-coverts dark vinaceous-drab, tinged with _brighter or clearervina- ceous-drab; axillars

and

underwing-coverts nearly concolorwith _breast, but_slightlytingedwith

cinnamon

;under surface (innerwebs)^ofremiges grayish

brown;

^billblack; legs

and

feet pale brownish (probably^{red in}

life).

Wing,

^153;tail, 119; culmen,13; tarsus, 20; middle_toe,23.5

mm.

•Thesespots are probably notalwayspresent, asthey arean inconstant feature inother formsof thisgenus.

+ This purplishhueismore pronouncedin freshlygrownfeathers,and afew such occuramongthe posteriorscapularsand proximalgreaterwing-coverts.

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