The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b BirdsGould, John
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The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 3 of 5] : $b Birds
Gould, John
Beagle Expedition (1831-1836); Birds; Zoology
Frequents in large flocks the fields of Indian corn in the neighbourhood
of Maldonado. Legs dull “carmine red.” This, probably, is the
representative on the eastern side of the Andes of the foregoing or
Chilian species.
1. ZENAIDA AURITA. _G. R. Gray._
Columba aurita, _Temm._ Pig. p. 60. _Wagl._ sp. 70.
I procured specimens of this bird at Maldonado (where it was very
abundant) in La Plata, and at Valparaiso in Chile.
2. ZENAIDA GALAPAGOENSIS. _Gould._
PLATE XLVI.
_Z. vertice, cervice, dorso caudæque tegminibus obscurè fuscis
vinaceo-tinctis; dorso nigro-guttato; alarum tegminibus fuscis,
plumâ singulâ pallidè vinaceo-fusco terminatâ, pogonii utriusque
margine, maculâ oblongâ magnâ nigrâ, lineâ albâ separatâ; remigibus
primariis et secundariis nigrescenti-fuscis, cinerascenti-albo
angustè marginatis; caudâ fuscescenti cinereo ad apicem fasciâ latâ
irregulari nigra; loris lineâque angustâ supra et infra oculari
nigris pallidè fusco mixtis; gulâ pectoreque vinaceis, colli
lateribus ærato tinctis; crisso, caudæque tegminibus inferioribus
cinerascentibus, rostro nigro, pedibus rufescenti aurantiacis._
Long. tot. 8½ unc.; _alæ_, 5¼; _caudæ_, 3¼; _tarsi_, ⅞; _rostri_, 1.
Crown of the head and back of the neck, dark chocolate brown, with a
vinous tinge; back and tail-coverts the same, the former spotted
with black; wing-coverts brown, each feather having a large oblong
spot of black on the margin of either web, separated by a line of
white, and tipped with light vinous brown, the white predominating
on the larger coverts, primaries and secondaries blackish brown,
finely edged with greyish white; tail brownish grey, crossed near
the extremity with a broad irregular band of black; lores and a
narrow line above and beneath the eye black, interrupted with light
brown: throat and chest rich vinous, glossed on the sides of the
neck with metallic bronze, and fading into greyish on the vent and
under tail-coverts; bill black; feet reddish orange.
Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (Sept. and Oct.)
This species may at once be distinguished from the _Z. aurita_, by the
redder tint of its breast,—the greater number of black marks on the wing
coverts and back—the outer half of some of the feathers on the wing
coverts being white—the marks on the under side of the tail being grey
(instead of white as in the _Z. aurita_) and by the larger size of its
beak.
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