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is found in South-eastern Bengal, in Manbhum and Siughbhum, 

 and as far west as Sirguja. A specimen appears to have been 

 obtained by Layard in Ceylon, but it was probably an accidental 

 straggler, as the species is unknown in Southern India. 



Habits, fyc. A fruit-eating Pigeon, generally seen singly or in 

 small parties of not more than five or six in forest, especially on 

 the banks of streams or in groves of trees in well-wooded cultivated 

 country. The call, according to Bingham, is not unlike that of 

 Carpophaga cenea, but not half so loud. Gates found a nest of a 

 few twigs on a bamboo, 10 feet from the ground, and containing a 

 single fresh egg, on July 27th. The male bird was sitting and the 

 egg measured 1'47 by 1*15. 



1303. Alsoconms palumboides. The Andaman Wood-Pigeon. 



CarpophaQ-a palumboides, Hume, 8. F. i, p. 302 ; ii, pp. 263, 498 ; 



iii, p. 327 ; iv, p. 292 ; id. Cat. no. 781 quat. 

 lanthoenas palumboides, Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 315, pi. xiii. 

 lanthcenas nicobarica, Walden, A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, p. 157. 

 Columba palumboides, Salcadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 308. 



Coloration. Male. Head and neck all round whitish grey, with 

 slight metallic gloss, the neck rather darker and the lower hind 

 neck with a metallic emerald-green gloss, remainder of upper parts 

 blackish; quills blackish brown; rump and up per tail-coverts dark 

 slaty grey ; borders of feathers on back, wing-coverts, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts with an amethystine gloss, changing to green ; 

 lower parts from neck slaty grey, with slight metallic greenish and 

 purplish gloss ; wing-lining dark slaty. 



In the \ female the head and neck are slightly darker grey than in 

 the male. In the young (lantliosnas nicobarica} the head and neck 

 are still darker and brownish, and the colour throughout duller. 



Bill pale whitish yellow, basal portion lake-red ; irides orange, 

 externally light red ; naked orbital region pinkish lake ; legs and 

 feet red, paler behind ; soles whitish ; claws white. 



Length about 16 ; tail 6-5 ; wing 9'5 ; tarsus I'l ; bill from 

 gape 1-5. 



Distribution. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



Habits, fyc. This is also a fruit-eating species, so closely re- 

 sembling CarpopJiaga in appearance and habits that it was referred 

 to that genus by Hume. It is found singly or in small parties on 

 the Andamans and Mcobars, keeping much to high trees ; it has 

 a loud, deep note. 



Genus TURTUR, Selby, 1835. 



Head small ; bill slender, the horny apex of the upper mandible 

 much shorter than the soft basal portion. Wing long, pointed, 

 2nd or 3rd quill longest. Tail rather long, but not exceeding the 

 wing in length, rounded or somewhat graduated. Tarsus longer 

 than middle toe ; foot formed for walking, soles of toes narrow. 

 Sexes similar. 



