356 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
The egg obtained in Ceylon was taken in October. The 
nidification resembles that of the last species. The average 
size of the egg is 1°75 by 1°29. 
Sub-family Phabine. 
Genus Chalcophaps. 
Bronze-wing Pigeons. 
This sub-family contains a considerable number of genera 
and species from Africa, Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and 
Australia, but only one species is found within Indian limits. 
‘The feathers of the mantle have a metallic lustre ; the wing is 
moderately long, the tail short and slightly rounded ; the 
tarsus is slender and not feathered, the toes are slender and 
adapted to the terrestrial habits of the bird. 
CHALCUPHAPS {NDICA (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 26; 
Legge, p. 714). 
The Bronze-wing Pigeon. 
Description.—-Male : forehead and eyebrow white, changing 
to slate-gray on the crown and nape. The sides of the head, 
the neck all round, and the upper breast are deep vinous-red, 
which pales gradually on the lower breast and abdomen ; the 
gray of the nape may be continued more or less indistinctly 
down the hind-neck. The back and wing coverts are golden 
green with a varying amount of bronze sheen. ‘The primaries, 
secondaries, and greater primary coverts are dark brown, the 
outer webs of the secondaries glossed with green, the small 
wing coverts at the shoulder of the wing vinous-red fringed 
with white. The lower back is coppery-brown with two blue- 
gray cross-bands ; rump and upper tail coverts blackish-brown ; 
tail blackish-brown, the outer feathers gray, with a black 
cross-bar towards the tip. 
In females the white patch on the forehead and eyebrow is 
smaller, and at times almost absent ; there is no slate-gray on 
the crown and nape, and the white patch on the shoulder of 
the wing is lacking. The upper tail coverts are chocolate- 
brown with dark tips; the middle four tail feathers are 
reddish-brown, the next pair redder with darker tips, and the 
outermost pair, as in the male, gray with a black cross-bar, 
