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thereby. The first five species (see key to species), the ameihysUna 

 group are rare deep-woods birds; their colors are generally darker brown 

 than those of the leucotis group and the bill is noticeably longer and 

 heavier, being longer than tarsus. The five species of the leucotis group 

 are fairly common in their respective ranges ; they are to be found in more 

 open country or even on the borders of rice- fields; in this group the 

 tarsus equals, or is slightly greater than, the culmen. 



Species. 



a^. Culmen more than 19 mm.: longer tlian tarsus. 

 b^. Breast hot mottled. 



c\ Under tail-coverts cinnamon or ocherous-brown. 



d^. Breast brown; wing longer amethystina (p. 30) 



d-. Breast pearly ash; wing shorter brunnelceps (p. 32) 



C-. Under tail-coverts ashy gray. 



rf'. Under tail-coverts not tipped with fulvous cinereiceps (p. 31) 



d'. Under tail-coverts slightly tipped with fulvous frontalis (p. 32) 



h-. Breast distinctly mottled maculipectus (p. 33) 



a'-. Culmen less than 17 mm.; equal to or less than tarsus. 

 b\ Forehead gray or fulvous, not white, 

 c". Throat and cheeks deep ruddy fulvous. 



rf'. Throat darker; occiput dull amethystine-rufous leucotis (p. 33) 



d-. Throat lighter; occiput bright coppery amethystine., occipitalis (p. 34) 

 C-. Throat and cheeks pale fulvous. 



fF. Forehead grayish; light streak under eye fulvous nigrorum (p. 35) 



d-. Forehead pale fulvous; light streak under eye white. 



brevirostris (p. 35) 

 b-. Forehead and chin pure white albifrons (p. 36) 



Ifi. PHAPITRERON AMETHYSTINA Bonaparte. 



AMETHYSTINE BKOWN PIGEON. 



Phapitreron ameihystina Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Aviimi (1854), 2, 28; 



Compt. Rend. (1855). 40, 214; McGregor and Worcester. Hand-List 



(1906), 10. 

 Phahotreron amethy.slina Waldex. Trans. Zool. 8oc. (1875). 9, 214, pi. 34. 



fig. 2; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 66; Shabpe, 



Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 



Bohol (McGregor) ; Dinagat (Ecerett } : Leyte {Steere Exp.): Luzon {Meyer. 

 McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett. Goodfellow. Celestino) : Panaon (Everett) ; Sa- 

 mar (Steere Exp.. Whitehead) . 



Adult. — A black line below eye from gape to neck: below this a line 

 of white mixed with reddish brown; general color above dark brown, 

 lighter on forehead and fore crown ; bird held toward the light, neck and 

 its sides, beautiful, iridescent purple and violet-blue; wing-coverts, back, 

 rump, and tail-coverts, dark glossy green : l)ird held away from the light. 



