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29. Carpophaga insignis {Hodgs.), Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 457, 



No. 781 ; Hume, Nesis and -Eggs Ind. B. p, 496; id., Str. F. iii. p. 328; 

 Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii, p. 504, No. 1 153. — The Bronze-backed Imperial 

 Pigeon. 



Whole head, neck and under parts pale Hlac grey ; back and wings vina- 

 ceous brown with a faint coppery gloss ; rump and upper tail coverts dusky 

 cinereous ; tail dusky with its terminal fourth dull ashy, the tip beneath whitish 

 grey; chin white; under tail coverts buffy white; bill dull lake red at base, 

 slaty at tip ; orbits lake red ; irides red-brown and hoary grey ; legs dull 

 lake red. 



Length.— \^ to 20 inches ; tail 6- 8 to 7 ; wing 9*5 ; tarsus I ; bill from gape 

 1-4. {Jerd.) 



Bab. — S.-E. Himalayas; also the Khasia hills, Sikkimand Arrakan. Jerdon 

 adds that it is found in the mountain regions of INIalabar, in Coorg, the 

 Wynaad, and the Western slopes of the Neilgherries. Associates in small 

 parties or in pairs, frequenting the loftiest trees and feeding on various fruits. 

 According to Hodgson it breeds in Nepaul from May to July, laying a sino-le 

 white t%%. 



30. Carpophaga griseicapilla iWaid.\ Dav., Str. f. v. 



p. 460 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 4 18; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 109; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 302. Ducula griseicapilla, Wald., Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 Ser. iv. xvi., p. 228 ; id., Ibis, 1875, p. 459 ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 402 ; Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 467, Carpophaga insignis, apud. Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 144; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 504, No. 1 154.— The Grey-headed 

 Imperial Pigeon. 



Forehead, crown, nape, cheeks and ear coverts pure French grey ; back of 

 neck vinous ; interscapulary region brown, with a vinous tinge ; wino- coverts 

 brown like the back, but not so strongly tinged with vinous ; quills dark brown • 

 uropygium and upper tail coverts dark ash ; rectrices above dark brown, with 

 a broad grey terminal band ; lower surface of rectrices pale grey ; chin and 

 throat pure white ; remainder of lower surface pale grey, the breast being 

 tinged with lilac; under tail coverts pale cream colour (Walden, ex Oates) ; 

 legs and feet deep lake pink; bill the same but the corneous portion pale 

 whity brown ; irides pearly grey. (Davison.) 



Length.— \Z-i inches ; tail 8 ; wing 95 ; tarsus i-i ; bill from gape r6. 



Hab. — British Burmah on the Karen hills, east of Tounghoo, at from 4,000 

 to 4,200 feet elevation, also the IMooleyit mountain. Breeds in January. 



31. Carpophaga bicolor {Scop:), Ball, Sir. F. i. p. 79; Hume, 

 Nests and Fggs Lid. B. p. 496 ; id., Str. F. ii. p. 264; Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 292 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. I4S ; Htime aiid Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. ^\% -^ Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 109. Columba bicolor, Scop., Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. ii'. 



