Columba indica Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 164.
Chalcophaps indica Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893),
21, 514; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 84; Oates, Cat. Birds'
Eggs (1901), 1, 103, pl. 8 figs. 2 & 3; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 14.
Ba-to ba-tó si-li, Manila; ma-ná-tad, Bohol; ac-bá-on, Ticao;
ba-na-tá, Cagayancillo; li-mú-kin, Calayan.
Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (McGregor);
Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester);
Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett,
Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras
(Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Meyer, Bourns &
Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate
(Steere Exp., McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg,
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro
(Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett,
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Steere, Whitehead,
Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere,
Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar
(Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor);
Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Platen); Tablas
(Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao
(McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Indian and Malay Peninsulas,
Indo-Chinese countries, Sunda Islands, Nicobars, Andamans,
Moluccas, Ceylon, Celebes, New Guinea.
Adult male.--Forehead and superciliary stripe white, shading into
slate-blue on crown and nape; upper back and neck washed with
slate-blue; primaries, primary-coverts, and alula dull brown; small
lesser coverts on shoulder tipped with white; rest of wings and back
rich metallic green, changing to rich bronze when specimen is held
away from the light; back metallic copper-color crossed near middle
by a band of blue-gray; another blue-gray band between back and rump;
upper tail-coverts dark slate with black tips; sides of neck and
face and lower parts vinaceous-purple, paler on chin and on abdomen,
the former sometimes washed with brown; basal under tail-coverts
blue-gray, the longest ones blackish; rectrices mostly blackish,
outermost pair mostly pearl-gray above, clearest on outer web, with
a subterminal black band; next two pairs similar but variable. Iris
brown; bill coral-red, dark at base; legs dark carmine; feet bluish;
nails horn. A specimen from Mindoro measures: Length, 255; wing, 152;
tail, 92; culmen from base, 23; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw, 30.
Adult female.--In color pattern like the male from which it differs
chiefly in having the vinaceous-purple replaced by brown, more or
less faintly glossed with purple; whole head brown, superciliary
stripe much reduced; small lesser wing-coverts brown; rump and upper
tail-coverts cinnamon-brown with blackish tips and slight purple
gloss; rectrices much as in male but second, third, and fourth outer
pairs more or less rufous basally. A specimen from Masbate measures:
Length, 241; wing, 139; tail, 85; culmen from base, 20; tarsus, 26;
middle toe with claw, 28.
Young.--A young male has top and sides of head brown, the tips of
many feathers cinnamon or rusty, especially those about the eyes;
metallic colors of back and wings largely replaced by dusky brown and
many of the wing-coverts, as well as some primaries and secondaries,
tipped and mottled with rusty cinnamon; sides of neck, breast, and
abdomen barred with cinnamon and blackish brown. Iris dark brown;
bill dull reddish brown; legs dull pink; nails slate.
"Exceedingly common throughout the group. Invariably found on the
ground and usually in deep woods. Usually alights on the ground again
when flushed. Eyes dark brown; bill dark red; legs and feet light to
dark red; nails light brown. Seven specimens average, 243 in length;
wing, 141; tail, 88; culmen, 22; tarsus, 24; middle toe and claw,
29." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
The bronze-winged dove, because of its wide distribution, is a species
little valued by the collector but its solitary and unobtrusive
habits usually lead the novice to mistake it for a rarity. In no place
abundant, the species may be found in nearly every island where forest,
or even a small growth of trees, exists to afford protected feeding
grounds. Oates records two eggs of this species which were collected
in Mindoro by the Steere Expedition.
Subfamily GEOTRYGONINÆ.
Genus PHLEGOENAS Reichenbach, 1852.
Terrestrial and solitary; wings moderate; first primary normal;
tail moderate and rounded; tarsi unfeathered; wing-coverts banded;
chin and throat white; a conspicuous spot, or patch, of orange or
red on crop region, where the feathers are decomposed and harsh.
Species.
a1. Breast-spot blood-red.
b1. Forehead gray; lower breast pink. ... luzonica (p. 60)
b2. Forehead green like crown; lower breast buff or fawn.
c1. A broad chestnut band on wing-coverts. ... criniger (p. 61)
c2. A broad white band on lesser wing-coverts. ... keayi (p. 62)
a2. Breast-spot orange.
b1. Hind breast and upper abdomen pearly ash. ... menagei (p. 63)
b2. Chest and abdomen white. ... platenæ (p. 64)