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abdomen white; sides of the breast green ; flanks grey ; under tail- 

 coverts chestnut ; first two primaries black, the remainder al-o 

 black, but with the outer webs and tips metallic green : under 

 wing-coverts green, under surface of quills blackish brown ; tail 

 metallic green above, blackish below, with a broad grey band across 

 the middle part : " bill black : orbits and feet deep red ; iris orange- 

 yellow " ( Wallace). Total length about 19 inches, wing 9 - 5, tail 7'8, 

 bill 0*95, tarsus 1-25. 



Female. Similar to male. 



Hah. North Celebes. 



a. Ad. st. Celebes. Leyden Museum [P.]. 



h, c. 3 2 ad. sk. Tondano, N. Celebes. Wallace Coll. 



dLAd.sk. Celebes (Wallace). Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



f. Ail. sk. Celebes. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 y. SkeL Menado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



24. Carpophaga poliocephala. 



Carpopbaga poliocephala, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mm. iii. Gattinte, 

 p. (5 (Philippines) (1844) (deser. nulla) ; G. R. Gr. % Mitch. Gen. B. 

 ii. p. 469. n. 30, pi. 119 (1844); Rchnb. Syn. Ar. Columbaria?, 

 f. 1298 (1847) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, B. lxv. 1855, p. 97 (descr. 

 princeps) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbae, p. 22 (18-56) ; 

 Wall. Ibis, 1865, pp. 387, 398; id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 281; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. i. p. 587 (1872) ; SchUg. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 92 

 ( 1 873) : Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (1889) ; Hem. $ Rchnb. Nomencl. 

 Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 283 (1890). 



Zoncenas poliocephala, Rchnb. Av. Si/st. Xat. p. xxvi (1852) ; id. 

 Tauben, i. p. 112, t. 23-3. f. 1298 (1862). 



Hemiphaga poliocephala, Bp. Camp. Av. ii. p. 39 (1854) : id. Compt. 

 Rend, xxxix. p. 1077 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 105 (1855) ; id. Coup 

 d'ail Ordr. Pig. pp. 17, 55, n. 105 (1855); id. Compt. Rend. xli. 

 p. 658 ( 1855), xE p. 836 (1856) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-Hat, ii. p. 231, 

 n. 9223 | l>7d) : Sousa, Mus. Xar. List,, Columba-, p. 11 (1873 I ; 

 li'idd. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. pp. 217. 253 ( 1>75) ; Sharp/-, Tr. Linn. Soc. 

 (2i. Zool. i. pp. 347, 353 (1876) (Negros) : Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 pp. 113 (l)inagat), 952 (Mindanao) ; id. Orn. Works, pp. 381, 412. 

 57.-., 643 (1881); Wardl. Rums. Tu;-edd. Orn. Works, p. 659 

 (1881); Steere, List Philipp. B. p. 24 (Mindanao, Basilan, Masbate) 

 (1890). 



( !arpi >phaga forateni, part., Cass. Pr. Ac Nat. Sc. Philad. 1 *54, p. l'.'U . 



Carpophaga (Hemiphaga) poliocephala, Mart. J.f. O. 1866, p. 24. 



Adult male. Upper parts, with wings, neck, and breast, golden green ; 

 In nl grey, lighter on the forehead and checks, tinged with vinous 

 on the hind part and nape ; throat rufous chestnut ; breast white, 

 Washed with vinous ; lower abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coveits 

 cinnamon : primaries blackish brown, with the outer webs and tips 

 dark metallic green : under wing-coverts bronze-green, under surface 

 of quills blackish brown ; tail metallic green above, brown-black 

 underneath, with a broad grey Viand towards the apical third : " bill 

 Black ; orbital skin crimson ; iris Indian yellow, passing into red on 



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