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Characters. — Nearest in color to S. permagnus (Stejn.) from the middle 
group of the Liu Kiu Islands, but much smaller, being little larger than 
S. formose (Swinh.) of Formosa. 
Color. — Type, adult ¢. Forehead yellowish oil green, slightly shaded with 
chestnut toward crown ; rest of upper parts dark oil green, the feathers of the 
cervix, sides of head and neck and upper back, pale gray below the green tips, 
this color showing through a little, giving a hoary cast to these parts ; rump 
and upper tail coverts a little brighter; primaries slaty black with a percep- 
tible greenish tinge toward ends, the three outer ones narrowly edged with yel- 
lowish; secondaries, alula, and middle coverts slaty black somewhat washed 
with green ; middle coverts and secondaries bordered externally with yellow; 
rest of wing and scapulars oil green with a slight wash of chestnut on shoul- 
der; under parts yellowish oil green; middle of belly and striping on flanks 
yellowish white ; under tail coverts (reaching to end of tail) dark oil green 
broadly edged with straw yellow ; rectrices above olive green, below slaty 
black with grayish tips; under surface of wing slaty. 
Adult 2, similar to the ¢ but duller in color throughout, and lacking the 
slight chestnut suffusion on crown and shoulders, and with the grayish tinge of 
cervix, upper back, and sides of head much less pronounced. 
Measurements. — Adult @, type, wing 193.5; tail 133; tarsus 26.8; exposed 
culmen 19. Adult 9, topotype, wing 192; tail 129; tarsus 26; exposed cul- 
men 18.6. 
The Green Pigeon differs in the islands as follows: S. permagnus is confined 
to the middle group of the Liu Kius, while S. medioximus is peculiar to the 
southern group; S. formose belongs further south still, to the island of 
Formosa. 
Stejneger’s type of S. permagnus is in the Museum at Tokyo, and I have not 
seen specimens of the species. In addition to the species here described being 
intermediate in size between S. permagnus and S. formose, it differs slightly in 
color from either of the two. In S. medioximus two sets of wing coverts are 
bordered with yellow, and the male has a decided wash of chestnut on both 
crown and shoulders. Stejneger especially describes his type as having only 
one set of coverts “the outer great coverts” edged with yellow. If the type of 
S. permagnus be a male, as was supposed, then the chestnut wash on the crown 
and shoulders of S. medioximus is a distinctive character, and yet again very 
different from the strong coloring of these parts in S. formose. 
Chalcophaps indica (Lixy.). 
Two specimens, ¢ and Q adults, from Ishigaki. The g§ taken March 20, 
the 9 taken June 10. [Many nests were found, containing two eggs each, 
usually placed in dead trees at from six to ten feet from the ground.] 
The two Ishigaki skins differ slightly from two Indian specimens of true 
C. indica with which I compared them. In the Liu Kiu birds the band on the 
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