PALAWAN IMPERIAL PIGEON.
- Carpophaga ænea palawanensis Blasius, Ornis (1888), 4, 316.
- Carpophaga ænea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 (part).
- Muscadivora ænea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part).
Balabac (Steere); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Palawan (Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White).
Very much like M. chalybura but tail darker and generally bluer on its upper surface. Male: Length, 455; wing, 250; tail, 163. Female: Length, 445; wing, 250; tail, 163.
This bird is a very slightly differentiated race of the green imperial pigeon.
34. MUSCADIVORES ÆNEA (Linnæus).
GREEN IMPERIAL PIGEON.
- Columba ænea Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 283.
- Carpophaga ænea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 (part); Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 64; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 85.
- Muscadivora ænea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part).
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Indo-Chinese countries, Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands.
Adult (sexes alike).—Head, neck, and abdomen gray, tinged with vinaceous; breast gray; forehead and chin whitish; under tail-coverts dark chestnut; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings metallic green, mixed with metallic copper-color; primaries and secondaries blackish with mealy edges. “Iris red; bill gray; region of nostrils dull red; edges of eyelids, legs, and feet purplish red.” (Oates.) Length, about 450; wing, 240; tail, 150; exposed culmen, 23; tarsus, 27. Female slightly smaller than male.