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50. CHALCOPHAPS INDICA (Linnezus). 
INDIAN BRONZE-WINGED DOVE, 
Columba indica LINN&US, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 164. 
Chalcophaps indica Satvapori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 514; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 84; Oars, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 
103, pl. 8 figs. 2 & 3; McGrrcor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 14. 
Ba-to ba-té si-li, Manila; ma-nd-tad, Bohol; ac-bd-on, Ticao; ba-na-td, Cagayan- 
cillo; li-mt-kin, Calayan. 
Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; 
Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (Mc- 
Gregor) ; Cebu (Hverett, Steere Hxp., McGregor) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (Mc- 
Gregor) ; Guimaras (Steere Exp.) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Everett, Meyer, 
Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Marinduque (Steere Hxp.) ; Masbate 
(Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Mindanao (Hverett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino) ; Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
Keay); Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
White) ; Panay (Steere, Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor); Samar (Bourns € Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Platen); Tablas 
(Bourns & Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor) ; 
Verde (McGregor). Indian and Malay Peninsulas, Indo-Chinese countries, Sunda 
Islands, Nicobars, Andamans, Moluccas, Ceylon, Celebes, New Guinea. 
Adult male——Forehead and superciliary stripe white, shading into 
slate-blue on crown and nape; upper back and neck washed with slate- 
blue; primaries, primary-coverts, and alula dull brown; small lesser coverts 
on shoulder tipped with white; rest of wings and back rich metallic green, 
changing to rich bronze when specimen is held away from the light; 
back metallic copper-color crossed near middle by a band of blue-gray ; 
another blue-gray band between back and rump; upper tail-coverts dark 
slate with black tips; sides of neck and face and lower parts vinaceous- 
purple, paler on chin and on abdomen, the former sometimes washed with 
brown; basal under. tail-coverts blue-gray, the longest ones blackish ; 
rectrices mostly blackish, outermost pair mostly pearl-gray above, clearest 
on outer web, with a subterminal black band; next two pairs similar but 
variable. Iris brown; bill coral-red, dark at base; legs dark carmine; 
feet bluish; nails horn. A specimen from Mindoro measures: Length, 
255; wing, 152; tail, 92; culmen from base, 23; tarsus, 27; middle toe 
with claw, 30. 
Adult female.—In color pattern like the male from which it differs 
chiefly in having the vinaceous-purple replaced by brown, more or less 
faintly glossed with purple; whole head brown, superciliary stripe much 
reduced ; small lesser wing-coverts brown; rump and upper tail-coverts 
cinnamon-brown with blackish tips and slight purple gloss; rectrices 
much as in male but second, third, and fourth outer pairs more or less 
