15. CARPOPHAGA. 207 



p. 231, n. 9227 (1870) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbae, p. 10 



(187:5). 

 Ptilocalpa carola, Bchnb. Tuuben, i. p. 91 (1862). 

 Carpophaga (Ptilocolpa) carola, Mart. J.f. O. 1866, p. 24. 

 l'tilocolpa uriseipectu.s, Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 216, 251 (part.) 



(1875) ; Yiceedd. Orn. Works, pp. 380, 412 (part.) (1881); Wardl. 



Rams. Twecdd. Orn. Works, p. 659 (part.) (1881). 



. idult. Head and neck grey ; throat whitish ; the grey of the hind 

 neck shading into the coppery colour of the rest of the upper parts, 

 which besides show a slight tinge of grey, or have a mealy appear- 

 ance ; some feathers are bluish green at the tip ; the rump greener ; 

 longer upper tail-coverts metallic green, more or less bluish ; crop- 

 region washed with grey, changing into chestnut, more or less greyish, 

 on the breast and abdomen ; sides greenish grey, with some coppery 

 lustre ; vent and tibial leathers white ; under tail-coverts cinnamon, 

 the basal ones whitish ; quills blackish, metallic green on the outer 

 webs ; the tcrtials coppery ; under wing-coverts grey, with coppery 

 green lustre ; quills underneath brownish grey ; tail above metallic 

 green, more or less tinged with blue, underneath blackish, the outer 

 feathers lighter, greyish : bill (in dry skin ) yellowish with red base ; 

 feet probably carmine. Total length about 13 - 5 inches, wing 8*4, 

 tail 5*5, bill - 6S, tarsus 0-85. 



Young. Head and neck duller grey ; the back and the wings le>s 

 coppery and more greenish ; the crop-region not coppery, but 

 greenish, and the breast and abdomen paler reddish chestnut. 



Hah. Manilla. 



The bird described above has been considered by some ornitholo- 

 gists to be the young of C. griseipectus, but as three of the specimens 

 mentioned below do not show any signs of immaturity, I cannot 

 agree to their being young birds; besides the supposed young biid 

 has the crop-region of a fine coppery green, overlaid with grev, 

 and this feature, together with the more coppery colour of the upper 

 parts, makes me believe that it belongs to a distinct species, already 

 named C. carola by Bonaparte ; anyhow, the identity of C. carola 

 with C. griseipectus, in my opinion, has still to be proved. 



a. Imm. st. Philippine Is. Cuming Coll. 



b, c. d. Ad. et juv. sk. Manilla (Maitland-Heriot). Tweeddale Coll. 



y. ZoxoniAi's. Tvpe 



Zonophaps, Salvad. MS C. forsteni. 



Range. Philippines, Celebes, Halmahcra, and Papuan Islands. 



Upper parts metallic golden green, more or less coppery or purple ; 

 light band across the tail, either about the middle or at the tip; 

 in more typical species first primary much scooped ahout the middle 

 of the inner web. 



