44 MANUAL OF rHILirPINE BIRDS. 



A female from Ticao: Length. 420: wing. 'i'S'i: tail. 147: exposed 

 ciilmen, 24: : tarsus, 25. 



This is the common bcdnd. or fruit jjigeon, inhahitiug the Phili23pines. 



33. MUSCADIVORES PALAWANENSIS (Blasivis). 



PALAWAN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Carpophaya ccnea palawanensis Blasius, Ornis (1888), 4, 31G. 

 Carpophapa a-nea Salvadoki, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 



(part). 

 Muscadivora cenea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (190G), 11 (part). 



Balabac (Steere) ; Calamianes {Bourns d- Worcester, McGregor) ; Palawan 

 (Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bour»s d- Worcester, Celes- 

 tino, White). 



Teiy much like M. cliaJijhura hut tail darker and generally hluer on its 

 upper surface. Male: Length, 455: wing, 250: tail, 1G3. Female: 

 Length, 445: wing, 250; tail, 163. 



This bird is a ver\^ slightly differentiated race of the green imperial 

 pigeon. 



34. MUSCADIVORES /ENEA (Linnsus). 



GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Cohimba (cnea Linx.eus, Syst. Xat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 283. 



Carpophaya cenea Salvador!, Cat. Birds Brit. Mxis. (1893), 21, 190, 193 



(part); Sharpe^ Hand-List (1899), 1, 64; Gates, Cat. Birds' Eggs 



(1901), 1, 85. 

 Muscadivora cenea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). 



Bongao (Everett) ; Sulu (Burhidge, Guillemard, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tawi 

 Tawi (Bourns d Worcester) . Indian Peninsula, Ceyloii, Indo-Chinese countries, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands. 



Adult (sexes alike). — Head, neck, and abdomen gray, tinged with 

 vinaeeous; breast gray; forehead and chin whitish; under tail-coverts 

 dark chestnut; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings metallic green, 

 mixed with metallic copper-color; primaries and secondaries blackish with 

 mealy edges. "Iris red; bill gray; region of nostrils dull red; edges of 

 eyelids, legs, and feet purplish red." {Gates;.) Length, al)Out 450; 

 wing, 240; tail, 150; exposed culmen, 23; tarsus, 27. Female slightly 

 smaller than male. 



35. MUSCADIVORES PICKERING! (Cassin). 



PICKERINGS IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Carpophaga picl-eringii Cassix, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1S54), 7, 



228; Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858). 267. pi. 27. 

 Carpophaga picJceringi Sai.vadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 201; 



Shakpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65. 

 Muscadivora pickeringi McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906). 11. 



