32 MANiAi. OF riiir.irrixK hiuds. 



18. PHAPITRERON BRUNNEICEPS Bourns and Worcester. 

 BROWN-HEADED PIGEON. 



Phabofrrion hruniieiceps BouRXS and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Xat. Sci. 



Occ. Papers (1804). 1,9; Shakpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 

 Phopitrerou brunnciceps McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (190GK 10; 



McGregor, Phil. Jour. .Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A. 2S1. 



Basilan (Bourns <.(- Worcester, McGregor) . 



"Adult. — Above dark brown with greenish reflections; amethystine spot 

 on hind neck less bhie than in P. aiuethystina ; top of head brown, 

 forehead slightly lighter and nape slightly darker than crown; sides of 

 face and ear-coverts brown, paler than crown; a narrow, dark brown 

 streak under eye ; chin and throat grayish fulvous ; breast pearly ash ; 

 abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochraeeous-brown ; under 

 surface of tail brownish black with a broad, gray, terminal band ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillars fulvous-brown; primaries with sharply defined 

 light edges on upper web; below slightly more ashy; tail-feathers brown 

 above with distinct terminal liands of gray, central pair with slight 

 metallic gloss; shafts of quills black above and below except the terminal 

 15 mm. which are white. Bill black; feet dark pink; nails brown; iris 

 orange-red. Length, '255: wing, 132; tail, 89; culmen, 24; tarsus, 18. 

 A well-defined species distinguished from P. ametkystina by its smaller 

 size and the entireh' different color of its under surface." (Bounis and 

 Worcester.) 



This species is very distinct from P. amethystina being smaller and 

 differently t^olored. A male measures; Length, r267; wing, 135; tail. 

 100 ; culmen from base, 25. 



in. PHAPITRERON FRONTALIS Bourns and Worcester. 



CEBIT AMETHYSTINE PIGEON. 



Phahotreron frontalis BoLRXs and Worcester, [Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 10; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 

 Phapitreron frontalis McGregor and Worcester. Hand-List (1906), 10. 



Cebii (Bourns d- Worcester). 



''Adult. — General color of upper surface a.^ in P. brunneicep< but 

 forehead and crown lighter, nape washed with ashy gray, and lacking 

 metallic gloss; tail glossed with dull bronze instead of amethystine and 

 the terminal band less strongly marked than in hrunneiceps; under sur- 

 face much as in hrunneiceps but everywhere darker; under tail-coverts 

 ashy gray, slightly tipped with fulvous; tail much as in hrunneiceps, the 

 outer web of outer pair of feathers being, however, light brown; basal 

 half of shafts dirty whitish ; apical fourth white, rest brown. Iris pale 

 orange; bill black; legs and feet purple; nails light brown. Sexes alike. 

 Length, 260; wing, 140; tail, 100; culmen, 51; tarsus, 21." (Bourn.^ 

 and Worcester.) 



