Part 11

c1. Under tail-coverts cinnamon or ocherous-brown.

d1. Breast brown; wing longer ... amethystina (p. 30) d2. Breast pearly ash; wing shorter ... brunneiceps (p. 32)

c2. Under tail-coverts ashy gray.

d1. Under tail-coverts not tipped with fulvous ... cinereiceps (p. 31) d2. Under tail-coverts slightly tipped with fulvous ... frontalis (p. 32)

b2. Breast distinctly mottled ... maculipectus (p. 33)

a2. Culmen less than 17 mm.; equal to or less than tarsus.

b1. Forehead gray or fulvous, not white.

c1. Throat and cheeks deep ruddy fulvous.

d1. Throat darker; occiput dull amethystine-rufous ... leucotis (p. 33) d2. Throat lighter; occiput bright coppery amethystine ... occipitalis (p. 34)

c2. Throat and cheeks pale fulvous.

d1. Forehead grayish; light streak under eye fulvous ... nigrorum (p. 35) d2. Forehead pale fulvous; light streak under eye white ... brevirostris (p. 35)

b3. Forehead and chin pure white ... albifrons (p. 36)

16. PHAPITRERON AMETHYSTINA Bonaparte.

AMETHYSTINE BROWN PIGEON.

Phapitreron amethystina Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 28; Compt. Rend. (1855), 40, 214; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10. Phabotreron amethystina Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 214, pl. 34, fig. 2; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 66; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55.

Bohol (McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Steere Exp.); Luzon (Meyer, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Goodfellow, Celestino); Panaon (Everett); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead).

Adult.--A black line below eye from gape to neck; below this a line of white mixed with reddish brown; general color above dark brown, lighter on forehead and fore crown; bird held toward the light, neck and its sides, beautiful, iridescent purple and violet-blue; wing-coverts, back, rump, and tail-coverts, dark glossy green; bird held away from the light, neck and sides of neck blue or deep violet; wings, back, tail, and its coverts washed with purple; below uniform light brown except middle of abdomen and tail-coverts which are dark buff; tail dark brown with a broad, apical, gray band, the middle pair of rectrices do not show this band from above. Iris light brown; bare skin about eyes dark, dirty red; bill black; legs and feet bright carmine; nails horn-colored. Length, about 255. In a male from Bataan Province, Luzon, the wing is 140; tail, 99; culmen, 23; tarsus, 20.5. Salvadori gives the following measurements: Wing, 146; tail, 78; bill, 22; tarsus, 22.

"A rare bird in the few islands where it is found. Legs dull pink; iris dark brown; feet dark pink; nails brown; bill black. Length, 292; wing, 145; tail, 97; culmen, 25; tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 30." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

17. PHAPITRERON CINEREICEPS Bourns and Worcester.

GRAY-HEADED PIGEON.

Phabotreron cinereiceps Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 8; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. Phapitreron cinereiceps McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.

Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).

"Adult.--Top of head, nape, and sides of neck clear ashy gray, slightly washed with rufous on forehead; hind neck amethystine as in P. amethystina; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brown with bronze reflections, the tail-coverts slightly more ruddy than back; four outer pairs of tail-feathers dark brown, lighter at base; two central pairs ruddy brown with bronze reflections; all the tail-feathers with ashy tips which form a distinct terminal band 6 mm. in width; shafts of tail-feathers black; wing-coverts and secondaries uniform with back; primaries dark brown, the first five sharply edged with rusty brown on outer web; a narrow black stripe under eye; sides of face, ear-coverts, fore neck, and breast rich ruddy brown, the breast with a slight metallic gloss; chin and throat lighter; abdomen and thighs fulvous brown; flanks darker with slight metallic wash; under tail-coverts clear ashy gray; shafts of tail-feathers with basal half black, apical half white; under surface of tail nearly black, the terminal gray band distinct and wider than on upper surface, measuring 15 mm. on outer pair of feathers; under wing-coverts and axillars like the flanks; under surface of quills uniform dark brown. Bill black; legs and feet dirty purplish; nails black; iris in one specimen bright yellow, in another orange-red. Length, 260; wing, 134; tail, 99; culmen, 20; tarsus, 18. Sexes alike." (Bourns and Worcester.)

This species is known from the types only.

18. PHAPITRERON BRUNNEICEPS Bourns and Worcester.

BROWN-HEADED PIGEON.

Phabotreron brunneiceps Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 9; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55. Phapitreron brunneiceps McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10; McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 281.

Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).