48 MANUAL OF THILIPPIXE BIRDS. 



Genus ZOXOPHAPS Salvadori, 1893. 



Yerv large; a conspicuous bare area about eye; first primary slender, 

 scooped near middle of inner web; second primary attemuited by a double 

 cut; tail crossed by a gray band some distance from tip. 



t^ pec it's. 



a^. Breast green; abdomen pale vinous poliocephala (p. 48) 



a^. Breast and abdomen uniform blue-gray mindorensis (p. 49) 



40. ZONOPHAPS POLIOCEPHALA (Hartlaub). 



PHILIPPINE ZONE-TAILED PIGEON. 



Carpopharia poliocephala Hartlaub, .Jour, fiir Orn. (1855). 97; Salvadori, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (189.3). 21, 209; Whitehead, Ibis (1899). 487. 



Zonophaps poliocephala Sharpe. Hand-List (1899), 1, 65; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 12. 



Basilan [Hteere Exp., McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourn.t d- Worcester) ; Dinagat 

 (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead) •, Luzon (Gevers, Whitehead); Masbate (Steere 

 Exp.) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (McGregor) ; 

 Xegros (Steere, Keay) ; Panay (Bourns d- Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns d- Wor- 

 cester) ; Sibuyan (McGregw) ; Tawi Tawi {Bourns d- Worcester) . 



Adult (se.ves alilr). — Head and a narrow band across throat pale gray, 

 vinous on crown and occiput; a large patch of light chestnut on chin; 

 lower breast and abdomen pale vinous; abdomen freckled with chestnut, 

 the color becoming rich chestnut-brown on flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts; tail l)lack ])elow, crossed at about 40 mm. from tip by a pale 

 gray band wliicb shows both above and below; when the specimen is 

 held toward the light, the crop, breast, sides of neck, and upper parts, 

 except head, are rich green ; held away from the light, tail and its coverts, 

 rump, distal wing-coverts, secondaries, and breast become largely coppery 

 or bronze-color ; hind neck vinaceous gray, proximal wing-coverts, tertials, 

 and interscapular region deep vinous-purple. Bill black; "iris indian- 

 yellow, passing into red on outer ring;" legs, feet, and skin about eye 

 crimson; nails gray. Length, -iOO to 430; a male from Sibuyan meas- 

 ures : Wing, 235 ; tail, 156 ; culmen from l)ase, 34 ; tarsus, 32 ; a female 

 from Sibuyan, wing, 235; tail, 154; culmen from base, 24;. tarsus, 27. 



"Comparatively rare and usually frequents the loftiest trees. For a 

 long time we mistook its deep booming note for the hoot of some great 

 owl. Occasionalh' it comes down into low second-growtli where it is easily 

 shot, being very stupid about making its escape. 



"Iris with outer red and inner yellow or brown ring; k^gs and feet 

 red; nails dark brown; biil l)lack ; eyelids red. Length 400." (Bourns 

 and Worcester MS.) 



