32 MAXTAL OF PIIILIPPIM: RIUDS. 



18. PHAPITRERON BRUNNEICEPS Bourns and Worcester. 

 BROWN-HEADED PIGEON. 



hnin neiceps BOURNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Occ. Papers (1894), 1,9; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 

 I'hfipitreron brunnciceps MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 10; 

 MCGREGOR, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 281. 



Basilan (Bourn* tC- Worcester, McGregor). 



"Adult. Above dark brown with greenish reflections ; amethystine spot 

 on hind neck less blue than in P. amethystina; top of head brown, 

 forehead slightly lighter and nape slightly darker than crown; sides of 

 face and ear-coverts brown, paler than crown; a narrow, dark brown 

 streak under eye; chin and throat grayish fulvous; breast pearly a.-!i : 

 abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochraceous-brown ; under 

 surface of tail brownish black with a broad, gray, terminal band; under 

 wing-coverts and axillars fulvous-brown; primaries with sharply defined 

 light edges on upper web; below slightly more ashy; tail-feathers brown 

 above with distinct terminal bands of gray, central pair with slight 

 metallic gloss; shafts of quills black above and below except the terminal 

 15 mm. which are white. Bill black; feet dark pink; nails brown; iris 

 orange-red. Length, 255; wing, 132; tail, 89; culmen, 24; tarsus, 18. 

 A well-defined species distinguished from P. amethystina by its smaller 

 size and the entirely different color of its under surface." (Bourns and 

 Worcester.) 



This species is very distinct from P. amethystina being smaller and 

 differently colored. A male measures: Length, 267; wing, 135; tail, 

 100; culmen from base, 25. 



19. PHAPITRERON FRONTALIS Bourns and Worcester. 

 CEBTJ AMETHYSTINE PIGEON. 



I'habotreron frontalis BOURNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Occ. Papers (1894 1 ), 1, 10; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 

 Phapitreron frontalis MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 10. 



Cebu (Bo urns t f- \Vorcester}. 



"'Adult. General color of upper surface as in P. brunnciceps but 

 forehead and crown lighter, nape washed with ashy gray, and lacking 

 metallic gloss; tail glossed with dull bronze instead of amethystine and 

 the terminal band less strongly marked than in brunncnr^; under sur- 

 face much as in Irunneiceps but everywhere darker; under tail-cou-rts 

 ashy gray, slightly tipped with fulvous; tail much as in brunneic<'i>*, tin- 

 outer web of outer pair of feathers being, however, light brown; basal 

 half of shafts dirty whitish; apical fourth white, rest brown. Iris pale 

 orange; bill black; legs and feet purple; nails light brown. Sexes alike. 

 Length, 260; wing, 140; tail, 100; culmen, 51; tarsus, 21." (Bourns 

 and Worcester.) 



