2. C0LT7MSA. 



'Mr, 



Carpophaga puniceus, G. It. Or. list B. Brit. Mas. Columbas, p. 23 



(1 806). 

 Alsocoiuus phoeniceua (sic). Blyth, Ibis, 1807, p. 149. 



Adult male.. Upper part of the head to the occiput Trench grey, 

 sharply defined behind ; cheeks, throat, and neck reddish vinous, 

 green metallic on the edges of the hind neck-feathers ; back and 

 wing-coverts cinnamon, changing into slate-grey on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts, and with purple-metallic lustre on the edges of 

 the feathers ; the smaller upper wing-coverts very slightly edged 

 with metallic; underparts vinous cinnamon, with a purple tinge, 

 slightly greenish on the crop-region ; under tail-coverts slate-grey, 

 the basal ones with a vinous or purplish tinge ; quills, spurious 

 wine; and primary-coverts brown slate-colour, the primaries greyish 

 on the outer webs ; under wing-coverts vinous cinnamon ; tail slate- 

 black : " legs and feet pale purplish or lake-pink ; horny part of the 

 bill bluish white; rest of the bill and gape lake-pink ; irides deep 

 orange or pale yellow; eyelids bright red; orbital skin purplish 

 pink " (Hume). Total length about 15 inches, wing 8-2, tail 6 - 5, 

 bill 0-68, tarsus 1. 



Ftnitdc. Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller and duller ; 

 the upper part of the head darker grey, with a lilac tinge. 



Young. Rufous brown, with no metallic lustre ; the head rufous 

 brown, like the back. 



Huh. Eastern part of Central India, Assam, Arrakan, Tenasserim, 

 and Malay Peninsula, near Tonka ; apparently migratory in Ceylon, 

 but this locality requires confirmation. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. Pull. sk. 



c. d, e. $ 2 ad.sk. 



/. $ imm. sk. 



g. $ ad. sk. 

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sk. 

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q. 2 ad. sk. 

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t-z. $ 2 ad. et 



juv.sk. 

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( Vntral India. 



Maunbhoom, Dec, Jan. (It. 



C. Beu van). 

 Maunbhoom, Dec. (8. B. 



Fairbank). 

 Cachar, May (J. Inglis). 

 Cachar, April (J. Inglis). 

 Suddya, Assam, April 



(J. Cockburn ). 

 Dibrughur, April, Julv 



(J. It. Cripps). 

 Sifura, Assam, Dec. 

 Dollah, Assam, April 



{J. Cockburn). 

 Sackwak, April (J. Cock- 

 burn ). 

 Tonghoo, Aug-. (It. G. 



W. It.). 

 Lower Pegu, Jan. 



Cbina-Ba-keer, Dec. (J. 

 Armstrong). 



Siam, Aug. 

 T.'nasserim. 

 Pahpooo, Jan. 1 W. Davison). 



India Museum TP. 

 India Museum [P. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godmau Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume ( loll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



E. W. Oates, Esq. 

 [0.]. 



Hum,. Coll. 



M. St. Pierre [P.]. 

 J. D. C. Packman. 

 Hume Coll. 



