Treron axillaris Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. (1854), 39, 875.
Osmotreron axillaris Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21,
48, pl. 4; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 54; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 9.
Pú-nay, in general use.
Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, McGregor);
Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Meyer, Murray, Steere Exp.); Lubang
(McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Meyer, Whitehead, McGregor); Masbate
(McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Everett,
McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett, Keay); Panay
(Murray, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (McGregor);
Samar (Whitehead); Semirara (Worcester); Sibay (Porter); Siquijor
(Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tablas (Celestino); Tawi Tawi
(Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Adult male.--Top of head and a narrow band in front of mantle
pearl-gray, darker on crown; mantle and lesser coverts rich maroon,
forming a wide band across the back; rest of upper parts (except wings)
and lower parts, except as beyond, yellowish green, duller and greener
on neck and face, darker and richer on rump and tail-coverts, lighter
and yellower on lower parts; flanks and thighs dark olive-green;
under tail-coverts white, their tips light yellow; wings black;
inner secondaries, and median and greater coverts edged with clear
lemon-yellow; outer secondaries edged with pale straw-yellow; tail
black below with a wide, gray terminal band. Iris light glistening
blue; bill dark red at base, bluish beyond nostrils; feet and nails
lead-blue. Length, 280 to 305; three males measure: Wing, 153 to 158;
tail, 98 to 100; culmen from base, 20 to 23; tarsus, 23 to 24.
Adult female.--Somewhat similar to the male but general coloration
darker and greener; edging of wing-coverts paler; maroon of mantle and
wings and gray band in front of mantle wanting; under tail-coverts
with narrow, dark-green shaft-lines. A female from Lubang measures:
Wing, 165; tail, 104; culmen from base, 21; tarsus, 22.
This very showy dove is usually found feeding in fruit trees and
often in company with the smaller, congeneric species, O. vernans,
but the latter is a much rarer bird.