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A female from Ticao: ie aie wing, 232; tail, 147; exposed 
culmen, 24; tarsus, 25. 
This is the common balud, or fruit pigeon, inhabiting the Philippines. 
33. MUSCADIVORES PALAWANENSIS (Blasius). 
PALAWAN IMPERIAL PIGEON, 
Carpophaga cenea palawanensis BLASIUS, Ornis (1888), 4, 316. 
Carpophaga cenea SAtvapori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 
(part). 
Muscadivora wnea McGrecor and WorceEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). 
Balabae (Steere); Calamianes (Bowrns & Worcester, McGregor); Palawan 
(Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celes- 
tino, White). 
Very much like 7. chalybura but tail darker and generally bluer on its 
upper surface. Male: Length, 455; wing, 250; tail, 163. Female: 
Length, 445; wing, 250; tail, 163. 
This bird is a very slightly differentiated race of the green imperial 
pigeon. 
34. MUSCADIVORES AENEA (Linneus). 
GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 
Columba enea LINNZUS, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 285. 
Carpophaga cenea SALvADoRI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 
(part) ; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 64; OatEs, Cat. Birds’ Eg 
(1901), 1, 85. 
Muscadivora cnea McGREGOR and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). 
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, Gwillemard, Bourns & Worcester) ; Tawi 
Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Indo-Chinese countries, 
Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands. 
Adult (sexes alike).—Head, neck, and abdomen gray, tinged with 
vinaceous; breast gray; forehead and chin whitish; under tail-coverts 
dark chestnut; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings metallic green, 
mixed with metallic copper-color ; primaries and secondaries blackish with 
mealy edges. “Iris red; bill gray; region of nostrils dull red; edges of 
eyelids, legs, and feet purplish red.” (Oates.) Length, about 450; 
wing, 240; tail, 150; exposed culmen, 23; tarsus, 27. Female slightly 
smaller than male. 
35. MUSCADIVORES PICKERINGI (Cassin). 
PICKERING’S IMPERIAL PIGEON. 
Carpophaga pickeringii CASSIN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Philad. (1854), 7, 
228; Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858), 267, pl. 27. 
Carpophaga pickeringi SALVADoRI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 201; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65. ia 
Muscadivora pickeringi McGrrcor and WorcgESTER, Hand-List (1906), 11. 
