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Agutaya (McGregor) ; Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino) ; Basilan 

 (Bourns d- Worcester, McGregor) : Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor) ; 

 Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; C'alayan (McGregor) ; Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; C'aluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Steere 

 Exp., McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fiiga (McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere 

 Exp.) ; Leyte (Everett) ; Libagao (Porter) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Meyer, 

 Everett, Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Maestre de Campo (Mc- 

 Gregor d Worcester) ; Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns 

 d Worcester) ; Mindanao (Everett, Koclj^ d Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns d 

 Worcester, Goodfelloic) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter) ; Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp.. Keay) ; Palawan (Platen, White) ; 

 Panay (Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Samar 

 (Whitehead); Semirara (Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard) ; Sibay (McGregor 

 d Worcester) ; Sibiitu (Everett) ; Sibviyan (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns 

 d Wocester) ; Tablas (Bourns d Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Worcester) ; 

 Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). North Borneo, Marianne Islands. 



Adult {sexes alike). — Forehead and face pearl-gray; top and sides of 

 head and nape darker, washed with vinous, nuchal collar blackish, each 

 feather touched with gray, the tips faint metallic green; behind collar 

 a band of light rusty brown; rest of upper parts, including tail-coverts, 

 tertiaries, and proximal wing-coverts, earthy brown; chin white shading 

 into light vinous on throat, breast, and sides of neck and abdomen; sides 

 and flanks gray ; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 alula, primary-coverts, and primaries blackish brown, the last with narrow 

 whitisli edges, secondaries similar to primaries; distal coverts in each 

 series slate-gray; rectrices blackish brown below; outer webs of shortest 

 pair white ; three outer pairs with wide gray ends and narrow white tips ; 

 three middle pairs with brown ends. Iris light orange or reddish brown ; 

 bill dark horn-blue; angle of mouth dull red; legs light carmine; nails 

 brown. Length, 300 to 330 ; three males average : Wing, 161 ; tail, 134 ; 

 exposed culmen, 15-4 ; tarsus, 25 ; middle toe with claw, 31. Two females : 

 Wing, 158; tail, 129; culmen, 18; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. 



"Enormously abundant in many localities, especially about the rice- 

 fields after harvest. Everywhere common in open country. It' is a 

 favorite cage bird with the natives, who call it took-moo from its note. 

 The nest, which is a mere platform of sticks and twigs, is placed on the 

 branch of some low tree or bush. The eggs are pure white in color, and 

 oval in fgrm, with both ends rather sharply pointed. They measure 

 28.4 to 30.5 in length by 20.8 to 21.3 in breadth. 



"Eyes golden brown; feet purple; length, 305; wing 155; tail, 123; 

 culmen, 20; tarsus, 24; middle toe witli claw, 32." {Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS.) 



Dussumier's dove occurs in nearly every island of the group; it is 

 partial to open, lowland country. After harvest it feeds in the rice- 

 Jields, being found in pairs or small companies. 



