. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . 520). Doubtless this sex is also smaller and lesselegantly formed than the male. Indian Green-winged Dove (Chalcophaps indica). Female.—Forehead dull grey, and the supercilium narrower;occiput, nape, and upper back, brown; under parts reddish-brown,minutely speckled with grey points; smaller wing-coverts on theshoulders brown, with scarcely any paler tips; four central tail-feathers brown-black, next two pairs tinged with rufous chestnut 154 How to Sex Cage Birds. towards the base; two outer feathers as in the male (Salvadori,Catalogue of Birds,
. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . 520). Doubtless this sex is also smaller and lesselegantly formed than the male. Indian Green-winged Dove (Chalcophaps indica). Female.—Forehead dull grey, and the supercilium narrower;occiput, nape, and upper back, brown; under parts reddish-brown,minutely speckled with grey points; smaller wing-coverts on theshoulders brown, with scarcely any paler tips; four central tail-feathers brown-black, next two pairs tinged with rufous chestnut 154 How to Sex Cage Birds. towards the base; two outer feathers as in the male (Salvadori,Catalogue of Birds, vol. xxi. p. 517). Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phajjs chalcoptera). The female is without the conspicuous buff frontal patch of themale, but has a defined white streak running below the eye andover the ear-coverts nearly as in the male; the general plumage israther duller, without purplish band on the crown and sides of theocciput; edges of the feathers of the upper parts broader andreddish-grey; breast less vinous, greyer, the feathers edged with. BRONZE-WINGED lICEON.(From a Photograph by Mies Aldersoil.) brownish. I have not noticed any difference in the metallic spotssuch as Count Salvadori mentions. Brush Bronze-winged Pigeon (Phaps elegans). The female differs in having all her markings duller and lessdistinct; the breast and under parts dull brownish-grey (Seth-Smith, Avicultural Magazine, , vol. ii. p. 266). Harlequin Bronze-winged Pigeon (Histriophaps histrionica). Female.—No white on the forehead, which is sandy-rufous, likethe upper parts; ear-coverts and throat dull blackish; gorget anda patch below the ear-coverts whitish-buff; crop region pale sandybrown ; tips of the primaries and lateral tail feathers whitish-buff(.Salvadori, Catalogue of Birds, vol. xxi. pp. 52J, 530). Bronze-Wings. 155 Partridge Bronze-winged Pigeon (Geophaps scripla). According to Salvadori, the female only differs from the male inbeing smaller, but doubtless in the living birds other disti
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