24 COLUMBID^. 



p. 94. Myristicivora tricolor, Wald,, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 217 ; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. bid. ii. p. 505, No. 1155. — The Red Imperial Pigeon. 



Winglet, primaries and secondaries black ; terminal portion of tail black, 

 the black occupying about half the feather on the centrals, decreasing in extent 

 towards the outer feathers, and on the outermost pair, occupying merely a 

 small portion of the tip and the outer web; remainder of the plumage white, 

 with a creamy or yellow tinge {Oates) ; legs and feet pale smalt blue ; bill 

 leaden blue ; tip darkish horny or dark plumbeous ; irides dark brown. 

 {Davison^ 



Length. — 16 inches ; tail 5 ; wing 9 ; tarsus \'2; bill from gape 1*3. 



•^ah. — Mergui Archipelago, according to Blyth. Occurs in the Nicobars 

 and probably also in the Andamans with C. insular is, a large species with 

 darker plumage than C. (xnea, and the under tail coverts dingy brown tinged 

 with chestnut, and the tail blue black. C, pahimhoides also occurs in the 

 Andamans ; it is characterized by having blackish wings and tail, and dusky 

 slaty blue plumage. 



Family— COLUMBID^—^/.— Pigeons and Doves. 



Bill horny at apex only ; tail generally of 12 feathers only ; tarsus length- 

 ened ; plumage sombre ; feet more fitted for walking on the ground. Breeds 

 in holes of rocks, buildings or wells. 



Sub-Family— PALUMBINiE.— Wood Pigeons. 

 General characters of the family. 



Gen. Palumbus.— Zz««. 



Characters those of the sub-family ; the distinguishing feature is the patch 

 on each side of the neck. 



32 Palumbus pulehricollis, Hodgs., J, A. S. B. xiv. p. 866; 



Gould, B.AsiaTpi.vi. pi. 13; Jerd., B. Tnd. ii. p. 465, No. 785 ; Murray, 

 Avif. Brit. hid. ii p. 505, No. 1156.— The Darjeeling Wood Pigeon. 



Above, general colour dusky grey ; head, cheeks, and ear coverts light 

 ashy ; sides of the neck glossed with green and purple ; neck patch black at 

 base and with broad isabelline tips, followed by whitish at the extreme tip ; 

 tail blackish ; under surface of the body pale vinous dove grey, albescent 

 towards the vent and under tail coverts ; throat whitish ; breast glossed with 

 green and purple. Bill livid at base, the tip yellow ; irides yellow ; legs dull red. 



Length. — 13-5 to 14 inches ; tail 475 to S ; wing 8-5 to 9. 



"Hah. — S.-E. Himalayas, in Nepaul and Sikkim. Not very common at 

 Darjeeling. 



