+Metriopelia aymara+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 132. +Columbina aurisquamata+, _Leybold, Leopoldina_, viii. p. 53 (1873). _Description._--Above pale brown; wings and tail black; wing-coverts like the back; some of the middle coverts with bright golden apical spots: beneath pale vinaceous; throat whitish; middle of belly and crissum pale cinnamomeous; bill black; feet yellow: whole length 7·0 inches, wing 4·5, tail 2·5. _Female_ similar. _Hab._ Peru, Bolivia, and N.W. Argentina. Dr. Leybold's collector obtained examples of this Dove in 1863, at Los Paramillos, a rocky district near Uspallata, on the Argentine slope of the Chilian Andes. Some of these specimens are in the collection of Messrs. Salvin and Godman. The species is easily recognizable by the bright golden wing-spots. 362. COLUMBULA PICUI (Temm.). (PICUI DOVE.) +Columbula picui+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 496 (Mendoza, Paraná, Tucuman); _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 133; _iid. P. Z. S._ 1868, p. 143 (Buenos Ayres); _Durnford, Ibis_, 1877, p. 193 (Buenos Ayres); _Gibson, Ibis_, 1880, p. 7 (Buenos Ayres); _Barrows, Auk_, 1884, p. 275 (Entrerios). _Description._--Above brownish cinereous; head and neck plumbeous; wing-feathers black; coverts and outer secondaries like the back, but bordered with white on their outer edges, and with a band of bright blue across the tips of the lesser coverts; tail white, middle rectrices like the back, lateral rectrices more or less bordered with cinereous on the outer web, except the outer pair, which are pure white: beneath pale vinaceous; throat, lower belly, and crissum white; under wing-coverts black; bill black; feet yellow: whole length 6·5 inches, wing 3·5, tail 2·0. _Female_ similar, but duller; above nearly uniform brown. _Hab._ Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chili. This species, the smallest of our Doves, is common everywhere in the Plata district, where it is called _Tortolita_ (Little Turtle-Dove), Azara's name _Picui_ not being known to our countrymen. It is usually seen with its mate, for many individuals seem to pair for life; but sometimes a dozen or twenty individuals unite in one flock. It is resident, comes a great deal about houses, and is familiar with man, and lively in its habits. It sings a great deal in summer, and even on warm days in winter; but its tones are wanting in the wild pathos which gives a charm to the melody of some of our larger species, the song consisting of a succession of long, rather loud, and somewhat monotonous notes, pleasant to hear, like most bird-music, but nothing more. The nest is the usual slight structure of sticks; the eggs two, oval, and white. They breed twice, and sometimes three times, in one season, the last brood being hatched as late as April or even May. 363. CHAMÆPELIA TALPACOTI (Temm.). (TALPACOTI DOVE.)