Genits CARPOPHAGA. 



The birds of this genus are very large birds with the upper-plumage 

 very highly glossed with metallic-green or bronze. The feet are stout 

 and strong with broad soles and a short stout tarsus, feathered on its 

 upper half. The bill is rather slender and long with a long cere and short 

 horny tip. The primaries are normal. 



According to Sharpe the genus contains twenty-four species, which 

 are distributed from India to New Guinea and throughout the Malayan 

 Archipelago and intervening islands. Many of these so-called species 

 are, however, only geographical races, and in a revision of the genus 

 some of these species would have to be reduced to subspecies and 

 others, perhaps, added to them. In his genus Carpophaga, Sharpe also 

 includes Ducula and four other genera. Within Indian limits we have 

 but one species of the genus as now restricted, with a subspecies in 

 the Nicobars. 



Species (one only) AENEA. 



Key to the Subspecies. 



^. Under tail-coverts deep dull maroon ... ... ... ... G. a. aenea. 



B. Under tail -coverts dull rufous-brown ... ... ... ...C. a. insular is. 



