CARPOPHAGA. 503 



1151. Sphenocercus apicaudus (Hodgs.\ Jerd., B. ind. \\\. 



p. 454; Wald. in Blyth's B. Burm. p. 144; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. 

 p. 415 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 109. Treron apicauda, Hodgs., J. A. S. B. xiv. 

 p. 854. The PIN-TAILED GREEN PIGEON. 



Plumage green ; crown of the head with a yellowish tinge ; upper tail 

 coverts and under surface of the body tinged with yellowish; primaries 

 slate colour ; wing with two narrow conspicuous yellow bars ; breast tinged 

 with russet; tail with the medial pair of feathers.much elongated beyond the 

 rest, green at the base and pale grey at the tips ; the others grey with a 

 medial dark bar. Bill glaucous blue ; legs coral red ; irides dark yellow. 



Length. 15*5 to 16 inches; tail 6-5, to end of central pair 8-0 ; wing 

 6-5 ; tarsus 0-9 ; bill from gape I. 



ffab.S.-E. Himalayas, in Nepaul and Sikkim ; also British Burmah, in 

 Tenasserim, extending to the hill ranges of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 

 Habits not unlike other pigeons. Jerdon says its not unlike the last species, but 

 its coo is less loud, musical and prolonged. 



Sub-Family CARPOPHAGIN^E. FRUIT PIGEONS. 



Bill longer than in Treronince, more slender and depressed at the base ; the 

 terminal third corneous ; wings long ; tail even or rounded, longer than in the 

 Treronince ; feet with broad soles ; tarsus short and well feathered ; under 

 mandible feathered to nearly the tip. Breeds at high altitudes, and lays but one 



egg- 



Gen. Carpophaga. Seiby. 



General characters of the sub-family ; plumage above glossy metallic 

 green or coppery brown. 



1152. Carpophaga senea (Linn.}, Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. 

 p. 496 ; id., Sir. F. ii.p. 260 ; iii. p. 163 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. J 44 ; Wald., 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 215; Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 337; Inglis, Sir. F. 

 v. p. 39; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 416; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. IOQ 

 Legge, B. Ceylon p. 718 ; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 194; Parker, Str. F. ix! 

 p. 481 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 301. Columba senea, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. 

 p. 283. Columba sylvatica, Tick., J. A. S. B. iii. p. 581. Carpophaga 

 sylvatica (Tick.), Jerd. y B. Ind. ii. p. 455, No. 780. The IMPERIAL GREEN 

 PIGEON. 



Whole head and neck and entire under parts pearl grey, tinged with ruddy 

 vinaceous ; under tail coverts deep maroon ; orbital feathers, base of bill and chin 

 whitish ; back, rump, upper tail coverts, tertiaries, upper wing coverts and tail 

 shining coppery green ; axillaries buff ; primaries and secondaries greenish 

 brown, tinged with ashy on the outer webs. Bill greyish, the base dull red 

 eyelids, legs, and feet lake red. 



