388 urj;.)/.\, IT.s PKol'I.H AXD J>ItODCCTIO\S. 



Blj-th remarks tluit tliis race is barely separable horn phanicopterus, save that its 

 colours are purer and more coutrastecl. 



OsMOTREEox Phayrki, 151} th. Arakau. Pegu. Teiiasserim. 



0. BiriNcrrA, Jerdou. Arakan. Pegu. Teuasserim. 



0. TKRXANs, L. Southern Tenasserim. 



0. CHLOROPTERA, Blj"th. AuduniaiiP. Xicobars. 



0. FULvicoi.r.is, Wagl. Southern Tenasserim. 



Hume gives a key to the different speci(hs of Osmofreron, in S.F. iii. p. 1G2, and 

 S.P. vi. p. 414, and remarks tliat tin; males of the different species ditt'er far more 

 among themselves than the females do. 



SrHENOCERCUS spHENUEUs, Vig. Toung-ngoo. Martaban. Pahpoon. 



S. APiCAUDFS, Hodg. Toung-ngoo. Pahpoon. 



C.VIIPOPIIAGIX.E. 



CAEPOPnAGA .SNEA, L. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Andamans. 



The imperial pigeon feeds largely on the wild nutmeg, the envelope of whieh 

 or 'mace' is digested, and the 'nutmeg' then rejected. The bird always selects the 

 finest and ripest fruit, and the seeds it has swallowed are consequently sought for and 

 used for sowing. The same happens with coffee berries which have been eaten by 

 jackals, and which, after passing through their bowels, are collected, and exported 

 to Europe, where they help to make the 'finest Mocha' {ride S.F. ii. p. 201). 



C. ix.srLARis, Blyth. Nicobars. 



This is the imperial pigeon of the Nicobars. It is a larger bird than the last, 

 and the green of its plumage is darker and bluer. This Carpnphaga lays a single egg 

 only, as a rule, and bicolor likewise. 



C. PALU3IB0IDES, Hume. Andamans. Nieohars. 



C. iNsiGxis, Hodg. Arakan. 



C. GEisEiCAriLLA, "Wald. Mooleyit and Xorthern Tenasserim. 



C. BICOLOR, Scop. Mergui Archipelago. Andamans. Nicobars. 



Family Columbidse. 



This family comprises the Doves and Pigeons. It may be divided into 

 Palumbina, or wood pigeons ; Coliimbina, rock pigeons ; Macropygiinic, or long- 

 tailed doves ; and Turturinic, or true doves. 



palumbi.nvt;. 



Alsocomus puniceus, Tickell. Arakan. Toung-ngoo. Tenasserim. 



COLUMBINJE. 



CoLTJMBA LIVIA. 



var. INTERMEDIA, Strickland. 



Blyth describes it as widely distributed in Burma as in India, but Hume doubts 

 its occurring there. It is included by JIason, but he gives no locality. 



M.VCROl'YGIN.E. 



MACEOPYGii TTJSALIA, Hodg. Mooleyit and Karen-ni. 



M. RUFiCKi's, Tem. Mergui {frle Blyth). 



M. ASsiMiLls, Hume. Karen Hills at .'iOOO. 



M. EUTiPENNis, Blyth. Andamans. Nicobars. 



TURTURINiE. 

 TrRTCB siJEXA. Arakan. Tenasserim. 



Oyo-peing-tu-ma. 



