The nest of this species is a frail mass of twigs with scarcely any hollow; it is placed on the branch of a bush, in a small tree, or according to Whitehead, among hanging creepers. Near Mariveles, Bataan, a nest with fresh eggs was found February 27, 1902. The two oval eggs are pure white.
The barred dove, while one of the commonest species in Luzon, occurs but rarely in other islands of the Archipelago. It is often found feeding in rice-fields after the grain has been harvested and is brought into the Manila markets from neighboring towns.
Subfamily PHABINÆ.
Genus CHALCOPHAPS Gould, 1843.
Bill slender; wing short; tail short and slightly rounded, its feathers wide; tarsal envelope entire, with no division into plates or scales; wings and mantle largely bronze-green.
50. CHALCOPHAPS INDICA (Linnæus).
INDIAN BRONZE-WINGED DOVE.
- Columba indica Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 164.
- Chalcophaps indica Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 514; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 84; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 103, pl. 8 figs. 2 & 3; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 14.
Ba-to ba-tó si-li, Manila; ma-ná-tad, Bohol; ac-bá-on, Ticao; ba-na-tá, Cagayancillo; li-mú-kin, Calayan.
Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Meyer, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere, Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Platen); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Indian and Malay Peninsulas, Indo-Chinese countries, Sunda Islands, Nicobars, Andamans, Moluccas, Ceylon, Celebes, New Guinea.