A Manual of Philippine BirdsMcGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
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A Manual of Philippine Birds
McGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
Birds -- Philippines
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.
35. MUSCADIVORES PICKERINGI (Cassin).
PICKERING'S IMPERIAL PIGEON.
Carpophaga pickeringii Cassin,
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1854), 7, 228; Ornith. Wilkes
Exped. (1858), 267, pl. 27.
Carpophaga pickeringi Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893),
21, 201; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 65.
Muscadivora pickeringi McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906),
11.
A-bu-un, Cagayancillo.
Cagayancillo [6] (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard); Sibutu
(Everett); Sulu (Guillemard). Mantanani Islands, Lawas River,
northwest Borneo.
"Adult male.--Head and under parts grayish vinous, changing into
pure gray on lower hind neck and upper mantle; frontal edge, a ring
of feathers round eyes, and chin whitish; back, rump, and wings
grayish green (in some specimens with a slight brown tinge), with a
metallic luster in some lights; longer upper tail-coverts and tail
above metallic bottle-green; primaries mealy green, especially on
outer webs; under surface of wings and tail gray; under tail-coverts
gray with a reddish tinge. 'Iris crimson; bill light lead-gray; feet
dull crimson.' (Everett.) Length, about 400; wing, 240; tail, 173;
bill, 20; tarsus, 28.
"Female.--Similar to the male." (Salvadori.)
This species was very abundant on Cagayancillo where it fed entirely
on young leaves of trees.
36. MUSCADIVORES LANGHORNEI (Mearns).
LANGHORNE'S IMPERIAL PIGEON.
Muscadivora langhornei Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905),
18, 84; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11.
East Bolod (Mearns); West Bolod (Mearns).
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