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302 BIEDS OP BRITISH BURMAH. 
661. CARPOPHAGA GRISEICAPILLA. 
THE GREY-HEADED IMPERIAL PIGEON. 
Ducula griseicapilla, Wald. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xvi. p. 228 ; id. Ibis, 1875, 
p. 459 ; Hume, S. F. iii. p. 402 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 467. Car- 
pophaga griseicapilla, Davison, S. F. v. p. 460 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. y'l, 
p. 418 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 109. Carpophaga insignis apud Bl. JB. Burm. 
p. 144. 
Description. — Chin and throat pure white ; remainder of lower surface 
pale grey_, the breast being tinged with lilac ; back of neck vinous ; inter- 
scapulary region brown with a vinous tinge ; wing-coverts brown like the 
back, but not so strongly tinted with vinous ; quills dark brown, almost 
black ; uropygium and upper tail-coverts dark ash ; rectrices above dark 
brown, with a broad grey terminal band ; lower surface of rectrices pale 
grey ; under tail-coverts pale cream-colour ; forehead, crown, nape, cheeks 
and ear-coverts pure French grey. {Walden.) 
Legs and feet deep lake-pink ; bill deep lake-pink, except horny portion, 
which is pale whity brown ; irides pearly grey [Davison) . Iris greyish 
white ; orbital skin greyish brown ; bill reddish plum-colour, whitish at 
the tip [Wardlaw Ramsay). 
Length 18'5 inches, tail 8, wing 9*5, tarsus 1*1, bill from gape 1*6. The 
female is rather smaller. 
The Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon was obtained by Capt. Wardlaw 
Ramsay on the Karin hills east of Tonghoo at from 4000 to 4200 feet 
elevation ; and on these hills it appears to be confined to the higher parts. 
Mr. Davison met with it on Mooleyit mountain, where he states that it 
was not uncommon. He found the nest in January, containing one egg. 
Mr. Blyth, in his Catalogue, gives C. insignis from the mountains of 
Tenasserim (misprint ed Arrahan, as is evident from a perusal of the original 
reference, J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 416). There is little doubt that by this 
name he intended to indicate C. griseicapilla. 
Mr. Hume mentions a large Pigeon which Mr. Davison observed in 
great quantities at Merguiin August, and suggests that it maybe C.badia. 
This Imperial Pigeon may be recognized by its chestnut-red back and 
wing-coverts. Observers in Tenasserim should be on the look-out for it. 
