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wing-coverts faint blue instead of white ; no maroon-coloured band on 

 the back ; crest adorned with white eyelets. 

 Hub. — New Guinea and adjacent islands. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Specimens living since 1880. 



(119) THE IMPERIAL GREEN PIGEON. 



(CAEPOPHAGA JENEA— (Zm».) ) 



Description. — Head, neck, chest and rest of the under plumage 

 grey ; base of the bill and chin white or whitish ; back and rest of the 

 upper plumage glossy green with coppery reflexions ; primaries and 

 secondaries greenish brown ; iris red ; bill grey ; total length about 

 17 inches. 



Ha b. — Excepting the north-west, it is found in most other parts 

 of India, extending through Burmah, the Indo-Burmese countries, 

 and the Malay peninsula to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philip- 

 pines. In Bengal they are said to occur about Midnapore, but there 

 is no authentic record of this. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About three years. 



(120) ■ THE PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



(CAEPOPHAGA BICOLOR— (Scop.) ) 



Description. — Total length about 15| to 16 inches; general colour 

 of the plumage white ; primaries, secondaries and the terminal portion 

 of the tail black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet pale smalt blue. In 

 fully adult and healthy specimens the nape and upper back is washed 

 with delicate and faint lilac buff. 



Hab. — Very widely distributed, being found in the Andamans, 

 the Nicobars, the Malay peninsula, and all the islands of the Archipe- 

 lago. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Either owing to unsuitable habitation or some other cause, this 

 species has not hitherto thriven well, so that no specimen has yet lived 

 longer than three years. A few have been living for the last three years 

 and six months, and as they look bright and happy, and apparently in 

 first-rate health, and as, moreover, the habitation is a good one, it 

 may be expected that they will live longer. 



(121) THE BRONZED IMPERIAL PIGEON. 



(CAEPOPHAGA PEESPICILLATA— Temm.) 



Description. — Forehead, crown, and sides ot the head very delicate 

 vinous ashy ; chin white ; nape, sides of the neck and upper breast ashy ; 



