Genus CARPOPHAGA. 
The birds of this genus are very large birds with the upper-plumage 
very highly glossed with metallic-green or bronze. The feet are stout 
and strong with broad soles and a short stout tarsus, feathered on its 
upper half. The bill is rather slender and long with a long cere and short 
horny tip. The primaries are normal. 
According to Sharpe the genus contains twenty-four species, which 
are distributed from India to New Guinea and throughout the Malayan 
Archipelago and intervening islands. Many of these so-called species 
are, however, only geographical races, and in a revision of the genus 
some of these species would: have to be reduced to subspecies and 
others, perhaps, added to them. In his genus Carpophaga, Sharpe also 
includes Ducula and four other genera. Within Indian limits we have 
but one species of the genus as now restricted, with a subspecies in 
the Nicobars. 
Sprcres (one only) AENEA. 
Key to the Subspecies. 
A, Under tail-coverts deep dull maroon ... ae Eh ... OC. a. aenea. 
B. Under tail-coverts dull rufous-brown ... ae =e ...C. a. insularis. 
