PHAPINJE. 



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SUB-FAMILY, Phapinse. 



Tarsus much lengthened, not feathered; tail consisting of 

 twelve, fourteen, or sixteen feathers. 



GENUS, Chalcophaps, Gould. 



Bill slender ; wings moderately long ; second and third quills 

 nearly equal and longest ; tail rather short, rounded ; tarsus 

 moderately long, not feathered , toes long ; hind-toe lengthened ; 

 claws moderately curved. 



Chalcophaps indica. Lin. 



798. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 484 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 421. 



THE BRONZE-WINGED DOVE. 



Length, 10'5 ; expanse, 17'5 ; wing, 5*5 ; tail, 375. 



BiUbright coral-red, dusky at base ; orbits livid-fleshy ; irides 

 daTk-bfown ; feet dull purple-red. 



Male, forehead white, continued as a supercilium over the eye ; 

 crown of -the head and the middle of the neck ash-grey ; back 

 and wings shining dark emerald-green, slightly glossed with 

 golden ; the feathers of the back distinct and scale-like ; two 

 broad dusky bars, alternating with two greyish- white ones on the 

 lower back and rump ; the feathers with the basal and middle 

 portion of the shaft very broad and flattened ; tail dusky, the 

 two outer feathers on each side whitish-grey, with a black sub- 

 terminal band ; primaries dusky, and a white bar at the shoulder 

 of the wing ; beneath, the whole neck, breast, and lower parts,, 

 vinaceous red-brown, paler on the lower abdomen ; the lower tail- 

 coverts ashy, the longest being blackish; wing beneath dark 

 reddish-brown. 



The female has the forehead greyish-white, and the superci- 

 lium narrower ; the head rufescent, tKe loweF parts browner, and 

 the under tail-coverts more or less ferruginous ; she also wants 

 the white shoulder spot. 



The young are more dusky above, with little green, and barred 

 below. 



The Bronze-winged Dove is sparingly distributed along the- 

 Sahyadri Range ; it frequents dense forests. 



ORDER, Rasores. 



Bill short, vaulted, more or less bent down at the tip ; nostrils 

 pierced in a membrane covering the base of the bill, and pro- 

 tected by a cartilaginous scale ; wings usually short and rounded,, j 

 but ample ; tail very variable, both in length and form, of from j 

 twelve to eighteen feathers ; legs and feet strong, feathered to I 

 the tarsus, which is frequently spurred in the male ; three toes- 1 

 before and one behind ; the posterior one typically short, and f 



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