(TALPACOTI DOVE.)
+Chamæpelia talpacoti+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 133; _White, P.
Z. S._ 1882, p. 626 (Salta).
_Description._--Above deep reddish vinaceous; head plumbeous; wings
black; coverts and outer secondaries like the back, but the latter
spotted with elongated black bands on the outer webs; tail black,
tipped with vinaceous; middle rectrices like the back: beneath
similar, but not so dark, and whitish on the throat; bill black;
feet yellow: whole length 6·5 inches, wing 3·5, tail 2·5. _Female_
similar, but much duller and more brownish.
_Hab._ Brazil, Paraguay, and Northern Argentina.
The Talpacoti or Chocolate Dove is an inhabitant of Brazil, Bolivia, and
Paraguay. In Argentina it occurs only on the northern frontiers, and was
met with by White at Oran, in the province of Salta, in the month of
November:--"These pretty chocolate-coloured Doves," he tells us, "fly
in pairs, and at this date were found constructing their nests in the
orange-groves. They are sometimes seen on the ground busily in quest of
seeds, but are very wild and not at all common."
White also obtained specimens of this Dove at Concepcion in Misiones.