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Birds of Celebes: Trei'onidae. 
c. Carpophaga albigularis flj Gray (nec Temm., nec Bp.)— fide Bp., Compt. Bend. 
1854, 1077. 
d. Hemiphaga forsteni (1) Bp., Consp. H, 1854, 39; (2) id., 0. K. 1854, 1077; 
(3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHr, 84; (4) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. VII, 1875, 
672; (5) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 58, 137; (6) Platen, Gefied. Welt 1887, 218; (?') 
P. &F. Sarasin, Z. Erdk. Berlin 1895, XXX, 328. 
Carpophaga forsteni fl) Gray, List B. Br. Mus., Oolumbae, 1856, 22; (2) Schl., Handl. 
Dierk. 1857, 409; (3J Wall., Ibis 1860, 141; (4) id.. Ibis 1865, 387, 398;’ (5) id., 
Malay Archip. 1869, I, 431; (6) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Oolumbae, 1873, 93; (7) Eosenb 
Malay. Archip. 1878, 275; (8) Salvad., Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 208; (9) M. & Wg 
Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Xr. 8, p. 15; (10) iid., ib. 1896, Xr. 1. p. 14; (11) Hart 
Xov. Zool. 1896, 163. 
e. Zonoenas forsteni (IJ Echb., Tauben 1862, 113, 204, t. V, f. 61. 
“Tntup”, Minahassa, v. Eosenb. 5, or “Tootoop”, Xat. Coll., or “Tuptup”, Meyer d 5. 
For further references cf. Salvador! 8. 
Figures and descriptions. Knip a/; Eeiclienbach el; Bonaparte dJ; Salvador! 8. 
Adult. Head grey, whitish on forehead and malar region; chin and upper throat white; 
jugulum, breast, neck and upper parts dark parrot-green, with a golden gloss; 
hind neck incbning to dark red in places (in this specimen); mantle and inter- 
scapulary region greyish purple, redder on the shoulders; quills above dusky, 
the exposed surfaces metallic green; tail above green like the wings, crossed by a 
broad (3 cm) band of dark gi-ey about ‘/s from the end; tail below black, the band 
white; abdomen wliite; under tail-coverts dark cinnamon-rufous (almost chestnut)- 
sides of body and under wing-coverts slaty green; quills below dusky: “bill 
black; orbits and feet deep red; iris orange -yellow” — Wallace 4 (Minahassa 
V. Musschenbr. — Xr. 13374). ’ 
Sexes. The sexes are similar (Salvad. d 4, 8). 
Observations. Erne prismatic hues of purple and light blue are displayed by this Pigeon on 
the mantle and int^capulary region, quills, and the green parts of the tail, when 
seen in the proper light. The green contour-feathers do not show the reflections, 
but, on making their bases visible, the same tints are reflected from the basal parts. 
As in so many Pigeons, the first primaries are of abnormal shape, the first 
quill being considerably scalloped out on the inner web and then broadened again 
towards the end; the second quill and, to a slight extent, the third are modified in 
a corresponding manner. 
Measurements. Wing 255—267 mm; tail c. 170; tarsus c. 33; bill from first feathers 21.5—24. 
Distribution. Celebes — Minahassa: Tondano (Forst. 6, Wall. 5, 8, Xat Coll) Kakas 
(Meyer d 5), Eurukan (Platen d 6, P.& F. Sarasin 8); Central Celebes, Takalekadjo 
Mts. (lid. d 7, 10)\ South Celebes, Bonthain Peak (Everett 11). 
Fors ten’s Carpophaga is the largest Pigeon of the mainland of Celebes, and 
its peculiar plumage, wrapping it up, as it were, to the nape in a rohe of dark 
golden green, leaving the head grey and belly white, makes it a striking species, 
rill recently it had been recorded only from the Minahassa, and even there it 
IS rather scarce, and seems to be confined to the hills. Probably all the spe- 
cimens labelled Manado were obtained on the hills nearer or further from the 
town. Dr. Platen, who met with a fiock at Eurukan, speaks of its cry as 
Carpophaga-Wke , hollow , gvoaning, like strokes on a drum , as is also observed 
