48 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Genus ange ks Salvadori, 1893. 
Very large; a conspicuous bare area about eye; first primary slender, 
scooped near middle of inner web; second primary attenuated by a double 
cut; tail crossed by a gray band some distance from tip. 
Species. 
a*, Breast green; abdomen pale vinous.................--.-c-cses-sessc-o-00- poliocephala (p. 48) 
a’. Breast and abdomen uniform blue-gray...............-.----..--0-0----- mindorensis (p. 49) 
40. ZONOPHAPS POLIOCEPHALA (Hartlaub). 
PHILIPPINE ZONE-TAILED PIGEON, 
Carpophaga poliocephala HARTLAUB, Jour. fiir Orn. (1855), 97; SALVADORI, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 209; WuirrHEaD, Ibis (1899), 487. 
Zonophaps poliocephala SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65; McGrecor and 
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 12. 
Basilan (Steere Exp., McGregor); Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Dinagat 
(Everett) ; Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon (Gevers, Whitehead); Masbate (Steere 
Exp.); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow); Mindoro (McGregor) ; 
Negros (Steere, Keay); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Wor- 
cester) ; Sibuyan (McGregor) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). 
Adult (sexes alike) —Head and a narrow band across throat pale gray, 
vinous on crown and occiput; a large patch of light chestnut on chin; 
lower breast and abdomen pale vinous; abdomen freckled with chestnut, 
the color becoming rich chestnut-brown on flanks, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts; tail black below, crossed at about 40 mm. from tip by a pale 
gray band which shows both above and below; when the specimen is 
held toward the light, the crop, breast, sides of neck, and upper parts, 
except head, are rich green ; held away from the light, tail and its coverts, 
rump, distal wing-coverts, secondaries, and breast become largely coppery 
or bronze-color ; hind neck vinaceous gray, proximal wing-coverts, tertials, 
and interscapular region deep vinous-purple. Bill black; “iris indian- 
yellow, passing into red on outer ring;” legs, feet, and skin about eye 
crimson; nails gray. Length, 400 to 430; a male from Sibuyan meas- 
o”~ 
ures: Wing, 235; tail, 156; culmen from base, 24; tarsus, 32; a female 
from Sibuyan, wing, 235; tail, 154; culmen from base, 24; tarsus, 27. 
“Comparatively rare and usually frequents the loftiest trees. For a 
long time we mistook its deep booming note for the hoot of some great 
owl. Occasionally it comes down into low second-growth where it is easily 
shot, being very stupid about making its escape. 
“Tris with outer red and inner yellow or brown ring; legs and feet 
red; nails dark brown; bill black; eyelids red. Length 400.” (Bourns 
and Worcester MS.) 
