A Manual of Philippine Birds

by Richard C. McGregor

Family PERISTERIDÆ.

Tarsus slender and unfeathered; bill slender and weak, gape small, nostril covering swollen; tail slightly graduated; colors plain or brilliant; size moderate.

Subfamilies.

• a¹. Plumage mostly brown, gray, and vinous; very little if any metallic color.
  • b¹. First primary not greatly attenuated; no narrow cross-bars on neck and back; tail square or slightly graduated. Turturinæ (p. [54])
  • b². First primary abruptly attenuated; neck and back barred with narrow lines; tail graduated, longest rectrix exceeding shortest by more than twice the tarsus. Geopeliinæ (p. [57])
• a². Plumage largely metallic green or purple.
  • b¹. Feathers of hind neck not elongated; tail not white.
    • c¹. A gray band across rump and another across back; breast uniform. Phabinæ (p. [58])
    • c². No band across back nor rump; a large smear of orange or blood-red on middle of breast. Geotrygoninæ (p. [60])
  • b². Feathers of neck long, narrow, and soft; tail pure white. Calœnadinæ (p. [64])

Subfamily TURTURINÆ.

Genera.

• a¹. Feathers of neck normal, not bifurcated; wing-coverts without shaft-stripes.
  • b¹. Larger, length, 300 mm. or more; outermost rectrices with narrow white tips. Streptopelia (p. [54])
  • b². Smaller, length, 240 mm. or less; outermost rectrices with wide white ends. Œnopopelia (p. [56])
• a². Feathers of neck bifurcated; wing-coverts with dark shaft-stripes; edge of wing pale pearl-gray. Spilopelia (p. [56])

Genus STREPTOPELIA Bonaparte, 1854.

This genus is characterized by having a long, nearly square tail, but the outermost rectrix on each side is about 10 mm. shorter than the next feather.

46. STREPTOPELIA DUSSUMIERI (Temminck).