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1287. Ducula grissicapilla. The Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon. 



Carpophaga insiguis, apud Blytli, Cat. p. 232, part. ; id. J. A. S. B. 



xxviii, p. 416 ; Blyth $ Wald. Birds Burm. p. 144, nee Ducula 



insignis, Hodys. 

 ? Carpophaga sp., Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, pp. Ill, 



Ducula p-riseicapilla, Wald, A. M. N. H. (4) xvi, p. 228 (1875) ; id. 



Ibis, 1875, p. 459 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 402 ; Wardl.-Rams. Ibis. 



1877, p. 467. 

 Carpophaga griseicapilla, Davison, S. F. v, p. 460 ; Hume 8f Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 418; Hume, Cat, n. 781 ter ; Gates, B. B. ii, 



p. 302 ; id. in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 369 ; Hume, S. F. 



xi, p. 295; Hartert, J. f. O. 1889, p. 433; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. 



xxi, p. 217. 



Coloration. Very similar to that of D. insignis, from which the 

 present species differs in having the crown and sides of the head 

 pure french-grey, darker than the lower parts and contrasting 

 strongly with the pinkish grey or reddish lilac of the hind neck. 

 The upper back and smaller wing-coverts are more coppery and 

 the rump darker and less grey than in D. insignis. 



Bill reddish plum-colour, pale at the tip ; irides greyish white, 

 orbits grey-brown (Wardlaiv-Ramsay)-, legs and feet purplish 

 lake; soles whity-brown (Hume}. Measurements as in D. in- 

 signis. 



Distribution. Hill-ranges of Assam, Manipur, Arrakan, and 

 Tenasserhn. In the Assam ranges some birds appear to be inter- 

 mediate between this and D. insignis. Specimens (referred to 

 insignis) from Arrakan were presented by Sir A. Phayre to the 

 Asiatic Society in 1844. 



Habit*, dfc. Those of the genus. An egg obtained by Davison 

 on Mooleyit, west of Moulmeiu, on January 27th measured 1-61 

 by 1-15. 



This bird may, like the next species, visit the sea-coast at 

 particular seasons, and if so is probably the pigeon seen by 

 Davison at Mergui in August (S. 1\ vi, p. 417). Hume suggests 

 that the species was the Malaccan D. badia, which may be known 

 by its smaller size and coppery-red mantle. 



1288. Ducula cuprea. Jerdon's Imperial Pigeon. 



Columba cuprea, Jerdon, Madr. Jour. L. S. xii, p. 12 (1840). 

 Carpophaga insignis, apud Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 457 (partini) ; 



Davidson, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. v, p. 329. 

 Carpophaga cuprea, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 3'28 ; Hume $ Bourd. S. F. 



iv, p. 403 ; Hume, Cat. no. 781 bis ; Bourd. S. F. ix, p. 303 ; 



Davisnn, S. F. x, p. 407 : Tat/lor, ibid, p. 464 ; Gates in Humes 



N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 368 : Davidson, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. vi, 



1 >. 340 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 215. 



Coloration similar to that of D. insignis, except that the back 

 and wings are dull olive-brown, without ruddy or coppery tinge ; 

 the rump is dark grey more or less tinged with olive, and the 



