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Genus Z01S T OPHAPS Salvadori, 1893. 



Very large; a conspicuous bare area about eye; first primary slender, 

 scooped near middle of inner web; second primary attenuated by a double 

 cut; tail crossed by a gray band some distance from tip. 



Species. 



a 1 . Breast green; abdomen pale vinous poliocephala (p. 48) 



a 2 . Breast and abdomen uniform blue-gray mindorensis (p. 49) 



40. ZONOPHAPS POLIOCEPHALA (Hartlaub). 

 PHILIPPINE ZONE-TAILED PIGEON. 



Carpophaga poliocephala HARTLAUB, Jour, filr Orn. (1855), 97; SALVADORI, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 209; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 487. 



Zonophaps poliocephala SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65; MCGREGOR and 

 WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 12. 



Basilan (Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns d Worcester) ; Dinagat 

 (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead) ; Luzon (Gevers, Whitehead) ; Masbate (Steere 

 Exp.)-, Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Good fellow) ; Mindoro (McGregor); 

 Xegros (Steere, Keay) ; Panay (Bourns d Worcester); Samar (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester) ; Sibuyan (McGregor) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). 



Adult (sexes alike). Head and a narrow band across throat pale gray, 

 vinous on crown and occiput; a large patch of light chestnut on chin; 

 lower breast and abdomen pale vinous; abdomen freckled with chestnut, 

 the color becoming rich chestnut-brown on flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts; tail black below, crossed at about 40 mm. from tip by a pale 

 gray band which shows both above and below; when the specimen is 

 held toward the light, the crop, breast, sides of neck, and upper parts, 

 except head, are rich green ; held away from the light, tail and its coverts, 

 rump, distal wing-coverts, secondaries, and breast become* largely coppery 

 or bronze-color ; hind neck vinaceous gray, proximal wing-coverts, tertials, 

 and interscapular region deep vinous-purple. Bill black; "iris indian- 

 yellow, passing into red on outer ring;" legs, feet, and skin about eye 

 crimson; nails gray. Length, 400 to 430; a male from Sibuyan meas- 

 ures: Wing, 235; tail, 156; culmen from base, 24; tarsus, 32; a female 

 from Sibuyan, wing, 235; tail, 154; culmen from base, 24; tarsus, 27. 



"Comparatively rare and usually frequents the loftiest trees. For a 

 long time we mistook its deep booming note for the hoot of some great 

 owl. Occasionally it comes down into low second-growth where it is easily 

 shot, being very stupid about making its escape. 



"Iris with outer red and inner yellow or brown ring; legs and feet 

 red; nails dark brown; bill black; eyelids red. Length 400." (Bourns 

 and Worcester MS.) 



