FALUMBUS. 503 



Hab. British Burmah on the Karen hills, east of Tounghoo, at from 4,000 

 to 4,200 feet elevation, also the Mooleyit mountain. Breeds in January. 



1155. Carpophaga bicolor (Scop.), Ball, Str. F. i. p. 79; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 496 ; id., S/r. F. ii. p. 264 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 292 ; Blyth, B. JBurm. p. 145 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 418 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. viii. p. 109. Columba bicolor, Scop., Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. ii. 

 p. 94. Myristivora tricolor, Wald., Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 217. The RED 

 IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



Winglet, primaries and secondaries black ; terminal portion of tail black, 

 the black occupying about half the feather on the centrals, decreasing in extent 

 towards the outer feathers, and on the outermost pair, occupying merely a 

 small portion of the tip and the outer web; remainder of the plumage white, 

 with a creamy or yellow tinge (Oates) ; legs and feet pale smalt blue ; bill 

 leaden blue ; tip darkish horny or dark plumbeous ; irides dark brown. 

 (JDav ison.) 



Length. 16 inches ; tail 5 ; wing 9; tarsus 1*2 ; bill from gape i'3. 



Hab. Mergui Archipelago, according to Blyth. Occurs in the Nicobars 

 and probably also in the Andamans with C. insidaris, a large species with 

 darker plumage than C. cenea, and the under tail coverts dingy brown tinged 

 with chestnut, and the tail blue black. C. palumboides also occurs in the 

 Andamans ; it is characterized by having blackish wings and tail, and dusky 

 slaty blue plumage. 



Family COLUMBID^:.^. PIGEONS AND DOVES. 



Bill horny at apex only ; tail generally of 12 feathers only ; tarsus length- 

 ened ; plumage sombre ; feet more fitted for walking on the ground. Breeds 

 in holes of rocks, buildings or wells. 



Sub-Family PALUMBIN^E. WOOD PIGEONS. 

 General characters of the family. 



Gen. PalumbUS. Linn. 



Characters those of the sub-family ; the distinguishing feature is the patch 

 on each side of the neck. 



1156- Palumbus pulcliricollis, Hodgs., J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 866; 



Gould, B. Asia pt. vi. pi. 13; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 465, No. 785. The 

 DARJEELING WOOD PIGEON. 



Above, general colour dusky grey ; head, cheeks, and ear coverts light 

 ashy ; sides of the neck glossed with green and purple ; neck patch black at 

 base and with broad isabelline tips, followed by whitish at the extreme tip ; 

 tail blackish; under surface of the body pale vinous dove grey, albescent 

 towards the vent and under tail coverts ; throat whitish ; breast glossed with 

 green and purple. Bill livid at base, the tip yellow ; irides yellow ; legs dull red, 

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