(i6) CARPOPHAGA AENEA AENEA (Linn.). 



THE GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 

 (Plate 7.) 



Columha aenea Linn., Syst. Nat., I p. 283 (1766) ; Lath., Ind. Om., 11 p. 602. 



Columba sylvatka Tickell, J.A.S.B., II p. 581 (1833). 



Carpophaga aenea Jerdon, Madr. J.L.S., XII p. 11 ; Hume, Str. Feath., 

 II p. 260 ; Ball, ib., p. 424 ; Hume, ib.. Ill p. 163 ; Blyth and Wald., 

 B. Burma, p. 144 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 496 ; Ball, Str. Feath., 



IV p. 235 ; Armstrong, ib., p. 337 ; Inglis, ib., V p. 57 ; Ball, ib., p. 418 ; 

 Hume and Dav., ib., VI p. 416 ; Hume, Cat. no. 780 ; Ball, Str. Feath., 

 VII p. 224; Hume, ib., VIII pp. 67, 109; Bingh., ib., IX p. 194; 

 Parker, ib., p. 481 ; Gates, ib., p. 235 ; Legge, B. Cey., p. 718 ; Gates, 

 B. Burma, II p. 301 ; Hume, Str. Feath., XI p. 294 ; Barnes, B. Bom. 

 p. 286 ; Gates, in Hume's Nests and Eggs, 2nd ed., II p. 366 ; Salvador!, 

 Cat. B.M., XXI p. 190 ; Blanf., Avi. Brit. I., IV p. 19 ; Sharpe, Hand- 

 List, I p. 64 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs B.M., I p. 85 ; Davidson, J.B.N.H.S., 



V p. 329 ; id. ib., IX p. 489 ; Butler, ib., X p. 310 ; Stuart Baker, 

 ib., p. 360 ; Inglis, ib., XL p. 475 ; Davison, ib., XII p. 62 ; Sinclair, 

 ib., p. 185 ; Butler, ib., p. 687 ; Finn, ib., XIV p. 577 ; Bourdillon, 

 ib., XVI p. 2 ; Gsmaston, ib., XVII p. 488 ; Macdonald, ib., p. 495 ; 

 H. R. Baker, ib., p. 760 ; Stuart Baker, ib., p. 970 ; Hears, ib., XVIII 

 p. 86 ; Harington, ib., XIX pp. 308, 365 ; Hopwood, ib., XXI p. 1214 ; 

 Harington, B. Burma, p. 65. 



CarpopJmga sylvaiica Blyth, J.A.S.B., XIV p. 856 ; id. ib., XXVII p. 270 ; 

 id.. Cat. B.M.A.S.B., p. 231 ; id., J.A.S.B., XXX p. 97 ; Jerdon, B. of I., 

 ni p. 455 ; Blanford, J.A.S.B., XXXVHI, pt. 2 p. 188. 



Carpophaga jmsilla Blyth, J.A.S.B., XVIII p. 816; Hume, Str. Feath., 

 II p. 260 ; id. ib., VII p. 424 ; id. ib., VIII p. 109 ; id.. Cat no. 780 ter. 



Vernacular Names. Dunhal or Dumkal, So7ui Kabutra, Barra Harial, 

 Hin. ; Pogonna, Mai. ; Kukurani guwa, Tel. ; Maratham praa. Tarn. Ceylon ; 

 Maha nila goya, Mata Bata goya, Cing. ; Ghurli, Kolaba ; Hunget-ma nwa 

 and Bom-madi, Burmese ; Paguma, Assamese ; Daohukuruma, Cachari ; 

 Inruikuru, Naga. 



Description. — Adult male. Head, neck, and the whole of the lower- 

 parts except the tail-coverts, a beautiful pale dove-grey, varying very much 

 in tint in different individuals ; in some the whole of these j)arts are a vinous- 

 pink more than grey, the abdomen having even more pink than elsewhere ; 

 in other specimens the vinous tint is practically absent or else is confined 

 to certain parts of the plumage such as the abdomen or the breast ; occa- 

 sionally it is confiiied to the head and nape, or only to the sides of those 

 parts. The feathers next the bill, both above and below, are often a pure 

 white and, in a few birds, there is a distinct semi-ring of white feathers round 

 the lower half of the eye. 



The whole of the back, rump, upper tail-coverts and exposed portion 

 of the wing except the primaries dark, but bright metallic-green. This again 

 varies as much in tint as the lower-plumage ; in the majority of birds there 



