328 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 



Mr. Doig found a nest between Hyderabad and the Narra. He 

 says, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX., p. 280 :— " On the 3rd of June I 

 found a nest and young of this species, on a large open plain, on the 

 borders between the Narra and Hyderabad districts. Since then I 

 have to thank my friend, Mr. Ffinch, for an egg of this bird, taken 

 at Jask ; the nest I found was similar to those of Pyrrhulauda ty'isea, 

 but larger. The egg in my collection is in markings very similar 

 to those of Pyrrhalaada melariituchen, the markings being bolder, and 

 the egg twice the size." 



'SO 



wo. -THE SOUTHERN GREEN PIGEON. 

 Croeopus chlovigmter, Bhjth. 



The Southern Green Pigeon occurs more or less commonlv 

 throughout Western India, with the exception of Sind, where it 

 is rare, having only been recorded from the frontier near Jacobabad. 



I think they have two broods in the year, the first in the early 

 part of the hot weather in March, and the other in May. The nests 

 are, as a rule, placed in forks in trees, at heights varying from ten to 

 twenty feet from the ground ; they are mere pads composed of a 

 few sticks, laid crossways ; the eggs, always two in number, are 

 glossy white ovals, measuring from 1T2 to 1*35 inches in length, 

 and from 09 to 10 inch in breadth, the average being 1*25 by 0*95. 

 These measurements are taken from Mr. Hume's "Nests and Eggs," 

 those in my collection being too few in number to furnish a reliable 

 average. 



The birds sit very close, especially when the eggs are much in- 

 cubated, so close that I caught the bird on the first nest I found. 



Anadra {plains ,uar Abu), March and May. II. E. Barnes. 



JSceniaeh, J Kite. Do. 



Khundvixh, March to May. J. Datidsva, C.S. 



JVassiek Ja>i*jU*, Da. Do. 



Kanara (aboce the Ghats), May. Bo. 



771.— THE ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON. 



Ostiiotrerou lunula, Jerd. 

 This and the three following notes have kindly been furnished 

 to me by Mr. Davidson, C.S. 



