26. LEUCOTRERON OCCIPITALIS (Bonaparte).
YELLOW-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON.
- Ramphiculus occipitalis Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 17.
- Xenotreron incognita Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 832.
- Ptilopus occipitalis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 72.
- Leucotreron occipitalis Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1907), 10.
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp.); Luzon (Meyer, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow); Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).—Forehead pale gray with a yellow wash, blending into light slate-gray mixed with green on center of crown; on back of head a wide band of dark purple or deep cherry-red, extending over ear-coverts and sides of face below the eyes; remainder of upper parts, including wings and tail, nearly uniform, rich green; rectrices and quills partly blue when held toward the light; whole upper parts slightly bronze away from the light; feathers of chin and upper throat white with a yellow wash on tips; lower throat and sides of neck and breast light gray; breast covered by a large oval patch of old-gold-yellow, just behind this a broad band of deep purple; middle of abdomen pearl-gray and white; sides and flanks green; under tail-coverts light buff, the inner webs largely green; rectrices gray below with light gray tips, above very narrowly edged with light ocherous; some of the primaries and secondaries narrowly edged with buff; tips of the green tarsal feathers reaching toes. A male from Sibuyan measures: Length, 340; wing, 160; tail, 115; culmen from base, 18; middle toe with claw, 35. A male from Basilan: Wing, 148; tail, 115; culmen from base, 18; middle toe with claw, 33. A female from Mindoro: Length, 320; wing, 153; tail, 113; culmen from base, 19; middle toe with claw, 34.
Young.—The immature bird differs from the adult in having top of head, neck, and sides of face uniform green (or with a few purple feathers) and the yellow and purple areas of breast indicated by a few scattered feathers of these colors. The first primary is attenuated but not so abruptly cut on inner web as it is in the adult. In a young female from Sibuyan the bill was dull red at base; tip brown; feet pink; nails black.
27. LEUCOTRERON MARCHEI (Oustalet).
MARCHE’S FRUIT PIGEON.
- Ptilopus (Rhamphiculus) marchei Oustalet, Le Naturaliste (1880), 324.
- Ptilopus marchei Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 75; Grant, Ibis (1895), 1, 468; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 486.
- Leucotreron marchii Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55.
- Leucotreron marchei McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.
Luzon (Marche, Whitehead, Worcester).