VOL. XVI, PP. 13-14 FEBRUARY 21, 1903 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DESCRIPTION OF A NEW QUAIL-DOVE FROM THE WEST INDIES. BY J. H. RILEY. [By permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.] While examining some doves labeled Geotrygon mystacea I was struck by the variations exhibited by specimens from the different parts of its range. My material has not been sufficient to work these out satisfactorily, but the following species is so very distinct that I take this opportunity of describing it. My thanks are due to Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of Natural History, Mr. Charles B. Cory, of the Field Columbian Museum, and to Mr. Outram Bangs, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, for the loan of specimens. Geotrygon sabre, sp. nov. Type. Adult female, No. 80,982, U. S. National Museum, Saba Island, W. I., collected by F. A. Ober. Characters. Differs from Geotrygon mystacea in being darker above, in having the breast light hazel passing into vinaceous-rufous (vinaceous-cinnamon in mystacea}, the belly cinnamon-rufous, the lining of the wings darker, and the tail darker and more strongly edged with a darker shade of brown. Measurements. Wing, 170; tail, 89; exposed culmen, 21 mm. 6 PBOC. BIOL. Soc. WASH. VOL. XVI, 1903. (13)
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