collected in the Philippine Islands. 489 



foliage, that our efforts met with small suceess, only five 

 birds bein<>- !?liot in three months. 



This species is more often met with singly or in pairs, but 

 sometimes as many as four birds were seen together; they 

 were feeding on some large purple-coloured fruits as big as a 

 Pigeon's egg. C. mindorensis, like the last species, has a 

 conspicuous fleshy ring outside the eyelid. It is probable 

 that such a powerfully-winged bird will be met with in some 

 of the neighbouring islands, more especially the mountains 

 of Zamballes, in Luzon, and perhaps the mountain-island of 

 Sibuyan. During dull misty Aveather, especially just after 

 daybreak, the penetrating booming note is more often heard 

 than on clear days. 



(^ . Iris bright yellow, with an outer ring of red ; orbital 

 skin lake-red, with a greyish-yellow space between the rings ; 

 bill black; feet coral-pink. 



? . Iris straw-yellow, with an outer ring of golden brown ; 

 orbital skin orange-yellow ; bill olive-brown, black at tip ; 

 feet salmon-red; nails black. 



29 J<. Carpopiiaga bicolor Scop. 



I saw several Pigeons of this species in a cage in Albay, 

 said to have been captured on the island of San Bernardino, 

 between South Luzon and Saraar. This species is found 

 throughout tlie I'liilippincs, though I never obtained it. 



295. Ptilocolpa carola (Bp.) . (Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 521 ; 

 1895, p. 117; 1896, p. 125.) 



The interesting point whether P. yriseipectus is the male 

 of P. carola or a distinct species was satisfactorily settled by 

 us. Both birds were shot from the same trees, and the dis- 

 covery of a second species of Ptilocolpa in Negros, with the 

 female exactly like the female P. carola, puts the question 

 beyond doubt. 



P. carola is fairly common in parts of North Luzon, its 

 abundance or scarcity depending much on the state of the 

 fruits on which it feeds. This Pigeon has been obtained in 

 Mindoro, and is said also to occur in Mindanao, the latter 

 locality being perhaps open to doubt. 



