54 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
This species is rather abundant in Calayan; in habits it does not differ 
from Macropygia tenuirostris. @@ species is rare in Batan, Batanes, 
where a nest containing one egg was taken, June 12. The egg is pure 
white and measures 37 by 27. 
Family PERISTERIDA. 
Tarsus slender and unfeathered; bill slender and weak, gape small, 
nostril covering swollen; tail shghtly graduated ; colors plain or brilliant ; 
size moderate. 
Subfamilies. 
a’. Plumage mostly brown, gray, and vinous; very little if any metallic color. 
b'. First primary not greatly attenuated ; no narrow cross-bars on neck and back ; 
tail square or slightly graduated.................----.-.----css--ssees-- Turturine (p. 54) 
b?. First primary abruptly attenuated; neck and back barred with narrow lines; 
tail graduated, longest rectrix exceeding shortest by more than twice the 
EATS US yi ce re ee nee ees ee Geopeline (p. 57) 
a*, Plumage largely metallic green or purple. 
b'. Feathers of hind neck not elongated; tail not white. 
c’. A gray band across rump and another across back; breast uniform. 
Phabine (p. 58) 
c. No band across back nor rump; a large smear of orange or blood-red on 
middlenoiibreast es Sel. See eee hee Ae Geotrygonine (p. 60) 
b*. Feathers of neck long, narrow, and soft; tail pure white Calenadine (p. 64) 
Subfamily TURTURIN€. 
Genera. 
a’, Feathers of neck normal, not bifurcated; wing-coverts without shaft-stripes. 
bt. Larger, length, 300 mm. or more; outermost rectrices with narrow white tips. 
Streptopelia (p. 54) 
b*. Smaller, length, 240 mm. or less; outermost rectrices with wide white ends. 
Cnopopelia (p. 56) 
a*, Feathers of neck bifurcated ; wing-coverts with dark shaft-stripes; edge of wing 
Maley POAT OTA Ries Ce VCC sesso Re Gl ee te eee ane Spilopelia (p. 56) 
Genus STREPTOPELIA Bonaparte, 1854. 
This genus is characterized by having a long, nearly square tail, but 
the outermost rectrix on each side is about 10 mm. shorter than the next 
feather. 
46. STREPTOPELIA DUSSUMIERI (Temminck). 
DUSSUMIER’S TURTLE DOVE. 
Columba dussumieri TEMMINCK, PI. Col. (1823), 188. 
Turtur dussumierit SALVADORTI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 423. 
Streptopelia dussumieri SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 79; OarsEs, Cat. 
Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 96; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List 
(1906), 13. 
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Ba-to ba-té de col-lar, Manila; pa-gao, Calayan; tuc-mé, Ticao, Bohol, Caga- 
yancillo. 
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