Identifier: indianpigeonsdov00bake (find matches)
Title: Indian pigeons and doves
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Baker, E. C. Stuart (Edward Charles Stuart), 1864-1944 Grld, H. (Henrik), 1858-1940 Lodge, George Edward
Subjects: Pigeons -- India Birds -- India
Publisher: London : Witherby & Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ng to grey on the outer median coverts; outermost secondary-covertspure white on the outer web, and those next tliem with a white border formingtwo oblique bands of white across the wing ; edge of shoulder of wing andprimary-coverts dark brown, the inner ones grey on the outer webs and edgedwhite ; tlie primaries are also edged white on the outer webs. Back, rump,and upper taU-coverts dark ashy-grey; tail brownish-black with a broadgrey band across the middle, lighter and broader on the outermost featliers.Breast viiious-pink, darkest next to tlie neck and gradually becommg palerand changing to pale dove-grey on the flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts.Tail below black with a broad white band across the middle correspondingto the grey band above. Colours of soft parts. Irides pale yellow, yellowisli-white, or almostwhite ; cere of bill almost white, base of bill carmine-orange or orange-red,whitisli-livid in the centre and orange at the tip; legs and feet coral-red,not very bright.
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THE EASTERN WOOD-PIGEON OR R\nG-DOWE—PALUMBUS P. CASIOTIS. (t Nat. Size.) PLATE 16 EASTERN WOOD-PIGEON 161 Measurements. Length about 16 to 17 inches ( = 406.4 to 431.8 mm.);wing from 9.6 to 10.35 in. ( = 243.8 to 262.8 mm.); tail from 5.5 to 6 in.( = 139.7 to 152.4 mm.) ; bill at front about .7 in. (17.7 mm.) and from gapeabout 1.1 in. ( = about 28 mm.) ; tarsus a little over 1 in. ( = 25.4 mm.). Adult female. The female of Palumbus palumbus is said to be somewhatduller in the colouring than the male, but I can see no difference betweenthe male and female of casiotis. Colours of soft parts. As in the male with the exception that the iridesare never a bright yellow. Measurements. As in the male, but in life the two sexes can generallybe discriminated, the female being a lighter built, more slender bird, andperhaps on an average a trifle smaller. Young of both sexes. Paler and more dull in coloration than the adult,the purple and green gloss being practically absent and the neck-patc

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