58 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Adult male. Anterior half of head, sides of face, chin, and upper 

 throat pearl-gray; a little lighter on chin and forehead; hind crown and 

 nape uniform dull reddish brown; rest of upper parts, including wing- 

 coverts, earthy brown ; neck and sides of neck decorated with sharply cut 

 black and white bars (on hind neck washed with brown) ; above, the bars 

 become obliterated posteriorly leaving the feathers uniform brown with 

 black tips which persist to longest upper tail-coverts; below, along sides 

 and flanks the black bars are reduced in width ; middle of breast vinaceous- 

 pink; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white and un- 

 barred, primaries and secondaries brown, narrowly edged with brown or 

 gray; lining of wing cinnamon with narrow black bars; rectrices brown, 

 all but middle pair with wide white tips. Iris pale blue; bill and bare 

 skin about eyes blue; legs and feet dull red; nails light horn. Length, 

 216 to 229. Five males yield the following measurements : Wing, 94 to 

 100 (98); tail, 91 to 104 (96); exposed culmen, 14 to 15 (14.5); 

 tarsus, 19 to 20 (19.5) ; middle toe with claw, 22 to 24 (23). 



Adult female. Like the male; said to be less reddish on the occiput 

 but this difference is not very obvious except where fully adult birds are 

 compared. 



Young. Above like the adult but bars continued from nape onto top 

 of head ; wing-coverts barred with brown, buff, and rusty brown ; second- 

 aries edged with rusty buff; inner webs of primary-coverts rusty brown; 

 no vinaceous-pink on breast which is barred like the sides. 



In the full-plumaged bird the bars encroach upon the pink area of 

 breast and are more strongly developed on sides and flanks than in less 

 mature individuals. In most specimens the primary-coverts are tipped 

 with cinnamon but in fine plumage these converts are uniform brown 

 and the primaries from third to eighth inclusive, are narrowly edged 

 with red near their bases. 



The nest of this species is a frail mass of twigs with scarcely any 

 hollow ; it is placed on the branch of a bush, in a small tree, or according 

 to Whitehead, among hanging creepers. Near Mariveles, Bataan, a nest 

 with fresh eggs was found February 27, 1902. The two oval eggs are 

 pure white. 



The barred dove, while one of the commonest species in Luzon, occurs 

 but rarely in other islands of the Archipelago. It is often found feeding 

 in rice-fields after the grain has been harvested and is brought into the 

 Manila markets from neighboring towns. 



Subfamily PHABIN^G. 

 Genus CHALCOPHAPS Gould, 1843. 



Bill slender; wing short; tail short and slightly rounded, its feathers 

 wide; tarsal envelope entire, with no division into plates or scales; 

 wings and mantle largely bronze-green. 



