15. CAKrOrHAGA. 



21' 



greyish with a lavender tinge; under tail-coverts white-buff ; 

 under wing-coverts grey ; under surface of quills brown ; tail above 

 blackish grey at the base, nearly black about the middle, and with 

 a broad dark grey apical band ; tail below grey, with the apical 

 band much paler : " bill, circle of eyelids, and legs intense sanguine, 

 except the tip of the bill horn-coloured " {Hodgson) ; " irides red " 

 (Jen/on). Total length about lS'o inches, wing 9 - 7, tail T^o, 

 bill 0-9, tarsus D15. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Duller ; scarcely any purple tinge on the back and wing- 

 coverts ; the latter edged with rufous-chestnut ; the head greyish 

 with scarcely any vinous tinge. 



Hah. Nepal, Sikhim, Darjeeling, Bootan Doars, and Assam. 



The Assam birds approach to a certain extent C. griseicapilla, 

 having the upper part of the head anteriorly and the upper cheeks 

 grey. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. 



d, e. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 f-m. Ad. sk. 



n-v. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 ic-b'. Ad. et juv. 



sk. 

 t'. Ad. sk. 

 d', e',f. Ad. sk. 

 >/. Ad. sk. 



h'. tS ad. sk. 



f. Ad. sk. 

 k'. Ad. sk. 

 /'. Ad. st. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodgson). 

 Nepal. 



Native Sikhim, Jan.-March, & 



July (L. Mandelli). 

 Sikhim, March, April, June, 



Sept., Oct. {L. Mandelli). 

 Darjeeling. 



Darjeeling, May (//. J. Ehves). 



Darjeeling. 



Bhotan Doars, Feb. (L. Man- 

 delli). 



Shillong, Assam, July (J. Cuck- 

 burn). 



Assam. 



Assam {Griffiths). 



Cachar, Oct. (Inglis). 



India Museum. 



(Types of species.) 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[**•]■ 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 India Museum [P.J. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



33. Carpophaga griseicapilla. 



Carpophaga insignis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 232, n. 1-404 



(part.) (1849) : id. {nee Hodgs.) J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 410 (1869) 



(Tenasserim) ;' id. B. Barm. p. 144 (1S75). 

 Ducula griseicapilla, 11 'aid. Ann. 8f Mai/. X. H. (4) xvi. p. 228 



(1875); id. Ibis, 1875, p. 459; Hume, Str. Feath. iii. p. 402 



(1876); Wardl. Bams. Ibis, 1877, p. 467; Gieb. Thes. Dm. iii. 



p. 802 (1877); Tweedd. On. Works, p. 41G (1881 ). 

 Carpophaga griseicapilla. Davis. Str. Feath. v. p. 460 (1877) ; Hume 



,V Davis. Str. Feath. vi. p. 418(1878); Hume, Str. Feath. viii. 



p. 109 (1879); Gates, B. Brit. Barm. ii. p. 302 (1883); ? Hume, 



Str. Feath. xi. p. 295 (1888) (Assam) ; Sa/rad. Ann. Mas. Civ. 



Gen. (2) vii. p. 424 (1889); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (1689); 



? Hartert, J.f. O. 1889, p. 433 (Assam). 



Adult male. Forehead, crown, nape, cheeks, and ear-coverts 



