504 TRERONID^E. 



Length. ^.inches; tail 6-5 wing 9; tarsus ri ; bill from gape 1*5. 



Hab. The whole of India, from Ceylon to Assam and Sylhet, except the 

 North- West Provinces and the Himalayas. It is also found in Burmah, and 

 extends through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Java. Affects forests and 

 well-wooded parts of the country. Abundant in the Malabar forests, in Central 

 and Southern India, Midnapore and the countries to the north-east generally. 

 Breeds in the Andamans and in Tenasserim ; also in the forests of Central 

 India, laying only a single egg in a nest made of twigs in thickets and bamboo 

 bushes. March and April are the months in which it breeds. 



1153. Carpophaga insignis (Hodgs), Jerd., B. fad. ii. p. 457, 



No, 781 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 496; id., Sir. F. iii. p. 328. 

 The BRONZE-BACKED IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Whole head, neck and under parts pale lilac grey ; back and wings vina- 

 ceous brown with a faint coppery gloss ; rump and upper tail coverts dusky 

 cinereous ; tail dusky with its terminal fourth dull ashy, the tip beneath whitish 

 grey ; chin white ; under tail coverts buffy white ; bill dull lake red at base, slaty 

 at tip; orbits lake red ; irides red-brown and hoary grey; legs dull lake red. 



Length. 18 to 20 inches; tail 6-8 to 7 ; wing 9*5 ; tarsus I ; bill from gape 

 ,4. (Jtrd.) 



Hab. S.-E. Himalayas; also the Khasia hills, Sikkimand Arrakan. Jerdon 

 adds that it is found in the mountain regions of Malabar, in Coorg, the 

 Wynaad, and the Western slopes of the Neilgherries. Associates in small 

 parties or in pairs, frequenting the loftiest trees and feeding on various fruits. 

 According to Hodgson it breeds in Nepaul from May to July, laying a single 

 white egg. 



1154- Carpophaga griseicapilla (Waid\ Dav., Str. F. v. 



p. 460; Hume, and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 418; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 109; 

 Oate&t B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 302. Ducula griseicapilla, Wald. t Ann. Nat. Hist. 

 Ser. iv. xvi.,p. 228; id. t fbis, 1875, p. 459; Hu?ne, Str. F. iii. p. 402 ; Wardlaw- 

 Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p, 467. Carpophaga insignis, apud. Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 144. The GREY-HEADED IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Forehead, crown, nape, cheeks and ear coverts pure French grey ; back of 

 neck vinous ; interscapulary region brown, with a vinous tinge ; wing coverts 

 brown like the back, but not so strongly tinged with vinous ; quills dark brown ; 

 uropygium and upper tail coverts dark ash ; rectrices above dark brown, with 

 a broad grey terminal band ; lower surface of rectrices pale grey ; chin and 

 throat pure white ; remainder of lower surface pale grey, the breast being 

 tinged with lilac ; under tail coverts pale cream colour (Walden, ex Gates) ; 

 legs and feet deep lake pink; bill the same but the corneous portion pale 

 whity brown; irides pearly grey. (Davt'son.) 



Length. 18-5 inches ; tail 8 ; wing 9-5 ; tarsus ri ; bill from gape r6. 



