620 Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 



The type of this species was sent from Talaut among a number of specimens 

 of C. concinna. We at first described it as intermediate between C. concinna and 

 geelvinkiana, but we now consider that its affinities are more with C. aenea, which 

 ranges from India to the Philippines, Borneo and Floras, varying somewhat 

 locally (cf. Salvad., Cat. B. 1893, XXI, 193). With this species it agrees in the 

 feathering of the base of the bill, but differs in the points described, which 

 make it too distinct a bird to allow it to be viewed simply as a local race. 



■t 267. CARPOPHAGA ROSACEA (Temm.). 

 Vinous-headed Imperial Pigeon. 



a. Columba rosacea (Ij Temm., PI. Col. 578 (1835); (II) Prev. & Knip, Pigeons 11, 



1838—43, pi. 34. 

 Carpophaga rosacea (1) Gray, List Gallinae Brit. Mus. 1844, 6; (2) Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, 

 486; (3) id.. Ibis 1865, 386, 398; (4) Schl., Ned. Tdschi". Dierk. Ill, 1866, 201, 344; 

 (5) id., Mus. P.-B., Columbae, 1873, 87; (6) Salvad., Orn. Pap. HI, 1882, 89; (7) 

 Sclai, P. Z. S. 1883, 51, 195, 200; (8) H.O.Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, 433; (9) 

 Meyer, Z. ges. Orn. 1884, 194; (10) Salvad., Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 198; (11) Sharpe, 

 Ann. &Mag. N. H. 1894, LXXIX, 58; (12) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 179, 574, 576. 



b. Ducula rosacea (1) Bp., Consp. 11, 1854, 36; (II) Rchb., Tauben 1862, 115, t. 228, 



f. 1275; (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VIH, 84; (4) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 136; (5) 

 Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1893, LH, 202. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! 10. 



Figures and descriptions. Temminck a I; Knip a II; Reichenbach b II; Salvad. 6, 10; 

 Vorderman b 5. 



Adult. "Head pale vinous, whitish on the frontal edge; neck pale grey; back grejdsb 

 bronze-green; longer upper tail-coverts brighter metalKc green; breast and 

 abdomen pale vinous like the head; under tail-coverts chestnut; quills under- 

 neath dark grey; under wing- coverts grey; tail above dull metallic green, 

 below greyish brown: bill lead-colour, red at base above; iris and eyehds red, orbits 

 bare, pale lead-colour; feet pink-red — Wallace 3. Wing 235 — 240 mm, tail 

 155—165, bill 18—19, tarsus 26—27" (Salvad. 6, 10). 



Female. Like the male (Salvad. 10). 



Distribution. Kangean (Vorderman b 5); Satonda near Sumbawa (Doherty 12); Flores 

 (Wallace 2, 5, 10, Semmelink 5); Timor (S. Miiller 5, Wallace 2, 3, 10); Wetter, 

 Kisser, and Letti (Hoedt .5); Dammar (Bussett-Smith 10, Walker 11); Tenimber 

 Islands — Maru and Lutu (H. 0. Forbes 7); Kei Islands (Hoedt 5, v. Roseub. 5, 

 Beccari 6); Halmahei-a (Bernstein 5); Djampea (Everett 12); Celebes — Kakas, 

 North Peninsula (Meyer b 4); Macassar (Wallace 3, 10). 



A Pigeon shot by Meyer at Kakas in June, 1871, was identified by him 

 with this species. It had previously been found at Macassar by Wallace, from 

 whom there are two specimens thence in the British Museum. As already men- 

 tioned, birds from the Timor group, if occurring in Celebes, are always found 

 in the South of the island, but not always in the North; the explanation being, 

 as we believe, that they have not yet had time to spread their range across the 



