Carpophaga chalybura Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 32. Carpophaga ænea Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 190, 193 (part). Muscadivora ænea McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11 (part). Baud, Bohol; bá-lud, Ticao, Manila, and in general use. Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Sibuyan (McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Very closely related to M. ænea but gray of hind neck and upper mantle lighter and more sharply defined from the metallic green of the back; tail with less blue tinge. Iris bright red; bill gray; legs and feet dull red. A male from Mindoro measures: Length, 420; wing, 240; tail, 156; exposed culmen, 25; tarsus, 28. A female from Ticao: Length, 420; wing, 232; tail, 147; exposed culmen, 24; tarsus, 25. This is the common balud, or fruit pigeon, inhabiting the Philippines. 33. MUSCADIVORES PALAWANENSIS (Blasius). 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.