44 MAXTAL OF PHILIPPIXE BIRDS. 



A female from Ticao: Length, 420; wing, 232', tail, 147; exposed 

 culmen, 24; tarsus, 25. 



This is the common balud, or fruit pigeon, inhabiting the Philippines. 



33. MUSCADIVORES PALAWANENSIS (Blasius). 

 PALAWAN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Carpophaga cenea palawanensis BLASIUS, Ornis (1888), 4, 316. 

 Carpophaga cenea SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 



(part). 

 Muscadivora cenea MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). 



Balabac (Steere) ; Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Palawan 

 (Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celes- 

 tino, White). 



Very much like M. chalybura but tail darker and generally bluer on its 

 upper surface. Male: Length, 455; wing, 250; tail, 163. Female: 

 Length, 445; wing, 250; tail, 163. 



This bird is a very slightly differentiated race of the green imperial 

 pigeon. 



34. MUSCADIVORES /ENEA (Linna?us). 



GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Columba cenea LINN^US, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 283. 



Carpophaga cenea SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 



(part); SHABPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 64; GATES, Cat. Birds' Eggs 



(1901), 1, 85. 

 Muscadivora cenea McGBEoos and WOBCESTEB, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). 



Bongao (Everett) ; Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tawi 

 Tawi (Bourns d Worcester). Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Indo-Chinese countries, 

 Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands. 



Adult (sexes alike). Head, neck, and abdomen gray, tinged with 

 vinaceous; breast gray; forehead and chin whitish; under tail-coverts 

 dark chestnut; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings metallic green, 

 mixed with metallic copper-color ; pcimaries and secondaries blackish with 

 mealy edges. "Iris red; bill gray; region of nostrils dull red; edges of 

 eyelids, legs, and feet purplish red." (Oates.) Length, about 450; 

 wing, 240; tail, 150; exposed culmen, 23; tarsus, 27. Female slightly 

 smaller than male. 



35. MUSCADIVORES PICKERINGI (Cassin). 

 PICKERING'S IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Carpophaga pickeringii CASSIN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1854), 7, 



228; Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858), 267, pi. 27. 

 Carpophaga pickeringi SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 201; 



SHABPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65. 

 Muscadivora pickeringi MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906). 11. 



