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
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. ... Caloenadinæ (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. ... Oenopopelia (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).
DUSSUMIER'S TURTLE DOVE.
Columba dussumieri Temminck, Pl. Col. (1823), 188.
Turtur dussumieri Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 423.
Streptopelia dussumieri Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 79; Oates,
Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 1, 96; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 13.
Bá-to ba-tó de col-lar, Manila; pa-gao, Calayan; tuc-mó, Ticao,
Bohol, Cagayancillo.
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