ALSOCOMUS. --^ 



Cro^;•n of the head and ear covevts blacki.h ash, neck bchmd »h„e ; 

 interscapulars light brownish grey ; rump white; wmgs hght browmsh gre,, 

 paler on "he median coverts , primaries dull blackish near the t,ps, the secon- 

 daris broadly tipped with dusky, tertiaries and the.r coverts t.pped grey.sh 

 V, ,e and torn iU 1-4 conspicuous bars , upper ta,l coverts and tail ashy 

 ;t k w th r d'greyfsh white curved band, the points of ^v.rich reach the 

 li,«ofthe outer feathers, which are basally whtte externally ; btU black ; 

 irides yellow ; legs red. 



Zwisrt.-lS-S to 14 inches; tail 5; wing 9-S. , „,. ... 



/^„r._N.-W. Himahtyas from .0,000 feet to snow level. Habits similar 

 to diose of others of the genus. 



Gen. AlsoGomus.- ?''■'■«•■ 



Bill small, much compressed; wings long, 2nd quill equal to 4lh. Iho ivd 

 longest and sinuate on the outer web. 

 40. Alsocomus puaioeus, TM'. 7- A. S.B.-A. f ,62 ; y^rf 



B L,d ii p. 462, No. 7S2 ; BIyi/,. B. Burm. p. .45 ; W ardlawBanuay Ibn, 

 .%il 7ll\Hn„u and Davis.n, Sir. F. vi. p. 4.8; Lvg'j ^ Ceylon 

 p 608 -Hmu, Sir. F. viii. p. .09 ; Oale., Sir. F. viii. p. .67 ; B,ngka„u M. 

 p. ,^; Oales, Sir. F. .. p. 335 ; Oal., B. Br. Bur.,. ... p. 289.-The Purple 



Wood Pigkon. , , i , 



Whole plumage vinaceous ruddy, inclining to chestnut on the back and 

 ,vin.s the feathers more or less glossed with metallic green and amethystme, 

 " eddlyonthe neck; head greyish white; quills blaclush edged shgh ly 

 Xashy rump and upper tail coverts dark ashy; tad black ;_ under tail 

 coverts brown ; bill livid at base, yellow at tip ; legs and feet lake pmk ; undes 

 orange ; orbital skin purplish pink. 



Len<rfh.-U'^ to IS inches ; tail 6; wing 8-5 ; tarsus i ; bill from 



ri. 



Fab -Tenasserim and Pegu, also in the Eastern portions of Central India, 

 extending to near the sea coast in Midnapoor, and probably outwards 

 to^rds Cuttack. It has been occasionally met with in Ceylon. lo the east of 

 the Bay of Bengal, in Assam. Arrakan, Singhboom and Tenasserim it is more 

 common. Gates says it is sparingly distributed over many parts of Pegu, and 

 that it is more abundant near Kyakpadien than elsewhere. It has also been 

 procured at Tounghoo. Tonka, where Hume records it from, appears to be 

 the southernmost point of its distribution. Eggs similar to those other of 



pigeons, and one in number only. 



41. Alsocomus HodgSOni (Vigors), Jerd. B. /../. ii. p. 463, 



No 783. Columba Ilodgsoni. Vigors, P. Z. S. 1832. Dendro treron 



Hodgsoni, Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 497.-The Speckled Wood 



Pigeon. 



