Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 
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lower abdomen and under tail-coverts cinnamon-chestnut; bar on the tail narrow and 
ill-defined (Manado - Arakan, VTll.-IX. 1892: Nat. Coll. - C 10914). 
Measurements H, iKnabassa', Wing 207-219 mm; tail c. 130-140; tarsus 27; bill from 
first feathers 17.5—19. > x ■ ir 
Distribution. Celebes: - Minabassa (Quoy & Gaimard a I, Forsteii 4, etc.j; Macassar 
(Wallace 3, b 4, 70); Tjamba Distr. (Platen 8j. 
This Pigeon was one of the discoveries of Quoy & Gaimard made during 
the stay of the “Astrolabe” at Alanado in July, 1828. It seems to be one of 
the rarer Pigeons in the Minahassa. Prom the Southern Peninsula there are 
two specimens in the British Aluseum from Mr. Wallace and one in the Bruns- 
wick Aluseum from Dr. Platen; here also it must, therefore, be accounted rare. 
We have not received the species from any of the islands off the coast, and 
we suspect that it affects chiefly the hills of the mainland. Two specimens 
were recorded from Sangi by Briiggemann, and the locality was accepted 
without query by Meyer and Salvadori. Prof. W. Blasius (9) evidently had 
some doubts about it. The species was not met with in Sangi by any othei 
collector. Several species of Pischer’s collection somehow or other got 
labelled; in the present case the similarity of this Pigeon to the “Wakian Sangi 
(Sangi Dove — Ptilopus gularis) may have had something to do with it. The 
“Wakian Sangi” (whether it be P. gularis or C. radiata) probably does not belong 
to Sangi, any more than the “Barbary Dove” (Turtur risorius) belongs to Bar- 
bary but such names are misleading, and in the present case even Bruggemann 
(dlj^eem^ once to have committed the error of calling G. radiata, Carpophaga 
^ Count Salvadori places this species in his subgenus Zonophaps, whmh is 
typified by the Celebesian C. forsteni (Prev. & Knip). Prom this particular 
species C. radiata is unquestionable far removed, though standing nearer to other 
members of Zonophaps, such finschi of New Ireland; but the peculiar cut of 
the first three primaries (see description) seems to be shared by no other Pigeon, 
and it might be best to place it in a subgenus for itself. Among Celebesian 
Pigeons it most resembles Ptilopus gularis, which is distinguishable by its maroon 
gular stripe, yellow bill, absence of grey tail-band, etc. A neai le atrve o 
C. radiata has recently been discovered in Alindoro by Mr. W ite ea 
C. mindorensis Grant. This is a species of very large size, but in coloration 
like C. radiata. The under tail-coverts, however, are grey, and there is a greyis 
black patch surrounding the eye and ear-coverts (Grant 12 ). 
* 270. CARPOPHAGA FORSTENI (Bp.). 
Green-and-white Imperial Pigeon. 
a. Columba forsteri (errore), (I) Prev. & Knip (nec Wagl.), Pig- H, 1838-43, pi. 47 (ex 
Temni. MS.). 
4, C^pophasa to-teri (I) Gray, Gan. B. II, M9. Nr. 17 (1844,. 
