MACUOPYGIA. 



in the ' Ibis ' for 1890, but or these only three occur within our 

 area. They are generally of a rufous-brown colour, partly or 

 wholly. The habits are thus described by Wardlaw Ramsay, I. c. 

 p. 215: 



" In habits M tcropyyia is a Ground-Dove of a tame nature, 

 very partial to open glades and clearings in dense forest, especially 

 when covered with a secondary growth of low scrubby jungle. It 

 is generally found singly or in pairs, and on being flushed it only 

 flies a short distance and alights on some convenient branch, 

 spreading out its tail like a fan as it does so. Its food is composed 

 of seeds and berries, one very favourite fruit being the chilli 

 (Capsieum fastiyiatum}, of which it consumes an enormous 

 quantity." 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail black with rufous cross-bands ; quills brown 



throughout M. tusalia, p. 49. 



b. Tail brown, unbanded ; quills rufous on inner 



borders. 



a'. Larger, wing about 7'5 M. rnfipennis, p. 50. 



b'. Smaller, wing about 6 M. rujiceps, p. 51. 



1312. Macropygia tusalia. The Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove. 



Coccyzura tusalia, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xii, p. 937 (1843). 

 Macropygia tusalia, Blylh, J. A. S, B. xii, p. 936; Jerdon, B. I. iii, 



p. 473; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, p. 112; Hume, 



N. $ E. p. 500 ; Wold, in BlytVs Bird* Burm. p. 146 ; Ward/. 



Hams, Ibis, 1877, p. 468 ; Humefy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 419; Hume, Cat. 



no. 791 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 297; Ward/, Rams. Ibis, 1890, p. 217 ; Gates 



in Hume's N. $E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 362 ; Saloadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 338. 

 Macropygia leptoGramraica, apud Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 869 ; id. 



Cat. p. 235 ; Walden, Ibis, 1875, p. 459 ; Gates, B. B. ii, p. 295 ; nee 



Temm. 



The Bar-tailed Tree-Dove, Jerdon ; Tusal, Nipal ; Ka-er, Lepch. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, and throat 

 buff, tinged with vinous ; crown, hind neck, and sides of head and 

 neck lilac- grey, overlaid with a changeable metallic gloss, green 

 and reddish lilac ; sides of lower neck, back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, wing-coverts, tertiaries, and scapulars black barred 

 with rufous chestnut, the upper back and sides of neck with 

 metallic gloss ; primary and secondary quills blackish brown ; 

 middle rectrices black, with narrow slightly wavy rufous bars 

 throughout, the next pair barred on the outer webs and tips, outer 

 rectrices slaty grey, with a black band near the end, outermost 

 pair usually with a basal chestnut patch ; brenst greyish or 

 brownish lilac, with a metallic gloss ; abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts buff, flanks ashy. 



The upper plumage of females resembles that of males, hut the 

 lower surface is buff barred with dark brown, the bars more or 

 less obsolete on the chin, throat, middle of the abdomen, and lower 

 tail-coverts. 



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