15. CAEPOPHAGA. 21!) 



(1856); Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 114, t. 228. f. 1274 (1862) ; G. R. 



Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 230, n. 9192 (1870) ; Soum, Mus Nuc. Lisb. 



Columbffl, p. 10 (1873) j Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 453 ; Hein. fy Rchnw. 



Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Om. p. 282 (1890). 

 P Globicera myristicivora, Bp. (nee Scop.) Icon. Piq. pi. 34 (1857); 



G. It. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 41 (1859). 

 Carpophaga aenea, Bece. (?iec Linn.) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiii. 



p. 454 (1878) (Sumatra). 

 ? Carpophaga, sp., Anders. Juurn. Linn. Soc.,Zool. xxi. p. 152 (1887) 



(Sullivan Island, Mergui Archipelago). 



Adult. Crown, lores, and sides of the head ashy, more or less 

 vinous ; hind neck vinous ; throat white, lower part of the fore 

 neck, breast, and abdomen vinous grey, lower part of the abdomen 

 tinged with rufous ; under tail-coverts pale buff ; mantle and lesser 

 and median upper wing-coverts maroon, especially on the edges of 

 the feathers ; lower back and rump darker, the feathers slightly 

 edged with maroon, upper tail-coverts blackish ; greater wing-coverts 

 brown, tinged with maroon on the edges; quills brown: under 

 wing-coverts dark grey ; tail above brown, witb a broad dark grey 

 apical band, underneath grey with the apical band lighter : " irides 

 ashy; bill dull purple at the base, light at the tip ; feet dull purple " 

 (Beccari). Length 15-5 inches, wing 9'11, tail 7'07, bill 0*9, 

 tarsus 0-98. 



Hah. Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo, and apparently also Java. 



Bonaparte describes and figures (Icon. Pig. pi. 34) a bird in the 

 Paris Museum as from the South Seas. I think it belongs to this 

 species, although the tail is coloured grey at the base, but I doubt 

 tho accuracy of the plate and description. 



Mts. of Perak. L. Wray, Esq. [P.]. 



Near Klang ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



Malacca, Jan., March, April, & Hume Coll. 



July. 



Malacca. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sumatra (Baffles). Indian Museum [P.]. 



Kina Balu, Feb. J. Whitehead, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Mt. Dulit, Oct. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 



Indian Archipelago. Purchased. 



Indian Archipelago. Missena Coll. 



e. C'RYrioPHArs. „ 



Type. 



Cryptophaps, Salvad. MS C. pceeilorrhoa. 



Range. Confined to Celebes. 



The type of this subgenus does not seem to have any near allies ; 

 perhaps it approaches Ducula more than any other generic or sub- 

 generic group ; the long and nearly graduated tail is very con- 

 spicuous, also the under tail-coverts with dark centres. 



