Columba striata Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed 12 (1766), 1, 282.
Geopelia striata Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21,
458; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 80; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs
(1901), 1, 101; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 14.
Ba-to ba-tó ca-tic'-bi, Manila.
Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Everett, McGregor);
Verde (McGregor). Siam, Southern Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula,
Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes, Amboina.
Adult male.--Anterior half of head, sides of face, chin, and upper
throat pearl-gray; a little lighter on chin and forehead; hind crown
and nape uniform dull reddish brown; rest of upper parts, including
wing-coverts, earthy brown; neck and sides of neck decorated
with sharply cut black and white bars (on hind neck washed with
brown); above, the bars become obliterated posteriorly leaving the
feathers uniform brown with black tips which persist to longest upper
tail-coverts; below, along sides and flanks the black bars are reduced
in width; middle of breast vinaceous-pink; middle of abdomen, vent,
and under tail-coverts white and unbarred, primaries and secondaries
brown, narrowly edged with brown or gray; lining of wing cinnamon
with narrow black bars; rectrices brown, all but middle pair with
wide white tips. Iris pale blue; bill and bare skin about eyes blue;
legs and feet dull red; nails light horn. Length, 216 to 229. Five
males yield the following measurements: Wing, 94 to 100 (98); tail,
91 to 104 (96); exposed culmen, 14 to 15 (14.5); tarsus, 19 to 20
(19.5); middle toe with claw, 22 to 24 (23).
Adult female.--Like the male; said to be less reddish on the occiput
but this difference is not very obvious except where fully adult
birds are compared.
Young.--Above like the adult but bars continued from nape onto
top of head; wing-coverts barred with brown, buff, and rusty brown;
secondaries edged with rusty buff; inner webs of primary-coverts rusty
brown; no vinaceous-pink on breast which is barred like the sides.
In the full-plumaged bird the bars encroach upon the pink area of
breast and are more strongly developed on sides and flanks than in
less mature individuals. In most specimens the primary-coverts are
tipped with cinnamon but in fine plumage these coverts are uniform
brown and the primaries from third to eighth inclusive, are narrowly
edged with red near their bases.
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.