(16) CARPOPHAGA AENEA AENEA (Linn.). 
THE GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 
(PLATE 7.) 
Columba aenea Linn., Syst. Nat., I p. 283 (1766) ; Lath., Ind. Orn., If p. 602. 
Columba sylvatica Tickell, J.A.S.B., IL p. 581 (1833). 
Carpophaga aenea Jerdon, Madr. J.L.S., XII p. 11; Hume, Str. Feath., 
IL p. 260; Ball, ib., p. 424; Hume, ib., IIL p. 163; Blyth and Wald., 
B. Burma, p. 144; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 496; Ball, Str. Feath., 
IV p. 235; Armstrong, ib., p. 337; Inglis, ib., V p. 57; Ball, ib., p. 418; 
Hume and Dav., ib., VI p. 416; Hume, Cat. no. 780; Ball, Str. Feath., 
VIL p. 224; Hume, ib., VIII pp. 67, 109; Bingh., ib., IX p. 194; 
Parker, ib., p. 481; Oates, ib., p. 235; Legge, B. Cey., p. 718; Oates, 
B. Burma, II p. 301; Hume, Str. Feath., XI p. 294; Barnes, B. Bom. 
p. 286 ; Oates, in Hume’s Nests and Eggs, 2nd ed., IL p. 366 ; Salvadori, 
Cat. B.M., XXTI p. 190; Blanf., Avi. Brit. I, IV p. 19; Sharpe, Hand- 
List, I p. 64; Oates, Cat. Eggs B.M., I p. 85; Davidson, J.B.N.H.S., 
V p. 329; id. ib., IX p. 489; Butler, ib, X p. 310; Stuart Baker, 
ib., p. 360 ; Inglis, ib., XI. p. 475; Davison, ib., XII p. 62; Sinclair, 
ib., p. 185; Butler, ib., p. 687; Finn, ib., XIV p. 577; Bourdillon, 
ib., XVI p. 2; Osmaston, ib., XVII p. 488; Macdonald, ib., p. 495; 
H. R. Baker, ib., p. 760; Stuart Baker, ib., p. 970; Mears, ib., XVIII 
p. 86; Harington, ib., XIX pp. 308, 365; Hopwood, ib., XXI p. 1214; 
Harington, B. Burma, p. 65. 
Carpophaga sylvatica Blyth, J.A.S.B., XIV p. 856; id. ib., XXVII p. 270; 
id., Cat. B.M.A.S.B., p. 231; id., J.A.S.B., XXX p. 97; Jerdon, B. of L., 
Til p. 455; Blanford, J.A.S.B., XX XVIII, pt. 2 p. 188. 
Carpophaga pusilla Blyth, J.A.'S.B., XVIII p. 816; Hume, Str. Feath., 
II p. 260; id. ib., VII p. 424; id. ib., VIII p. 109; id., Cat no. 780 ter. 
Vernacular Names. Dunhal or Dumkal, Sona Kabutra, Barra Harial, 
Hin.; Pogonna, Mal.; Kukurani guwa, Tel.; Maratham praa, Tam. Ceylon ; 
Maha nila goya, Mata Bata goya, Cing.; Ghurti, Kolaba; Hunget-ma nwa 
and Bom-madi, Burmese; Paguma, Assamese; Daohukuruma, Cachari ; 
Inruikuru, Naga. 
Description.—Adult male. Head, neck, and the whole of the lower- 
parts except the tail-coverts, a beautiful pale dove-grey, varying very much 
in tint in different individuals : in some the whole of these parts are a vinous- 
pink more than grey, the abdomen having even more pink than elsewhere ; 
in other specimens the vinous tint is practically absent or else is confined 
to certain parts of the plumage such as the abdomen or the breast ; occa- 
sionally it is confined to the head and nape, or only to the sides of those 
parts. The feathers next the bill, both above and below, are often a pure 
white and, in a few birds, there is a distinct semi-ring of white feathers round 
the lower half of the eye. 
The whole of the back, rump, upper tail-coverts and exposed portion 
of the wing except the primaries dark, but bright metallic-green. This again 
varies as much in tint as the lower-plumage; in the majority of birds there 
