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color brown; forehead and crown dark gray; below brown; chin, upper 

 throat, and cheeks ruddy fulvous; lower breast and abdomen slightly 

 ochraceous, much paler posteriorly; under tail-coverts dark pearl-gray; 

 wings brown; primaries with pale edges; rectrices brown, each with a 

 wide, terminal, gray band. Metallic reflections; specimen held toward 

 the light, occiput, neck, sides of neck, throat, breast, sides of body, and 

 flanks bronze-green ; a blue collar on hind neck and a blue band across 

 interscapulars ; back, rump, and wing-coverts touched with purple; when 

 specimen is held away from the light the blue bands change to green; 

 the green of neck and lower parts becomes purple; the back, \ving-co\vrt >. 

 tail-coverts, and rectrices are touched with violet and dark purple. Iris 

 varies, usually mottled pinkish surrounded by a narrow white ring or n 

 pale blue ring; bill black; legs carmine; nails horn-brown. Length. 

 about 235. Three males average : Wing, 134 ; tail, 81 ; culmen from base, 

 18; tarsus, 20. 



Four eggs taken by Whitehead at Cape Engano in May, 1895, are 

 "glossy and measure from 26.5 to 28.5 in length, and from 19.5 to 20 

 in breadth." (Oates.) 



"Fairly common in deep woods. Breeds in April. Legs and feet deep 

 pink; nails brown. Length, 260; wing, 127; tail, 95; tarsus, 19; middle 

 toe with claw, 29." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



This species is fairly abundant in the islands where it occurs. Several 

 nests were found in Mindoro; they were constructed of twisted plant- 

 tendrils which material gave the nests the appearance of being made 

 of spiral springs. The nest was invariably placed in a small tree and 

 rested on a horizontal branch at from 2 to 6 meters from the ground. 

 Eggs and nestlings were found from April 8 to May 6. 



22. PHAPITRERON OCCIPITALIS Salvador!. 

 BASILAN WHITE-EARED PIGEON. 



Phabotreron occipitalis SALVADORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 68; 



SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. 

 Phapitreron occipitalis McGREGOB and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 10, 



Basilan (Ererett, Steere Exp., Bourns t(- Worcester, McGregor). 





 Adult (sexes similar). "Similar to P. leucotis, but the rufous throat 



more vinous, and the occiput of a coppery amethystine, very conspicuous ; 

 the back and wings of a more greenish hue. 'Iris light warm brown ; bill 

 black; feet carmine.' (Everett.) Length, about 230; wing, 127; tail, 

 91; bill, 15; tarsus, 20." (Salvador!.) 



"Iris purple ; legs and feet dark pink ; nails brown ; bill black. Length, 

 250; wing, 126; tail, 86; culmen, 18; tarsus, 18.5; middle toe with claw, 

 28. Abundant in Basilan. A deep woods bird." (Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS.) 



