142 BULLETIN 18 6, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 SPHENURUS SPHENURUS SPHENURUS (Vigrors) 



Indian Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon 



Vinago sphenura Vigors, Proc. Comm. Sci. Corr. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1, 1830- 

 1831 [ = 1832], p. 173 (Himalayas; type locality restricted to Simla-Almora 

 district, by Ticehurst and Whistler, Ibis, 1924, p. 472). 



Sphenocercus sphenurus, Deignan, Journ. Siani Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, p. 166 

 (Doi Suthep). 



Sphenocercus sphenurus sphenurus, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1934, p. 272 (Doi Suthep, Doi Chiang Dao). — Deignan, Journ. Siam 

 Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1936, p. 85 (Doi Suthep).— Riley, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 172, 1938, p. 108 (Doi Langka). 



The wedge-tailed pigeon, although rarely seen, is generally dis- 

 tributed in the evergreen forest between 3,000 and 5,000 feet, at least 

 in the more western provinces. I have seen it at 3,000 feet on Doi 

 Ang Ka in April 1931 and have a specimen from Ban San Pa Sak 

 (northeast of Chiang Mai) taken on March 6, 1937. Fejos sent to 

 Stockholm two females collected at Huai Mae Ta Man, March 26, 1938. 



An adult male, shot from a small flock on Doi Suthep, November 

 22, 1931, had been gorging on a small, hard berry. All the rectrices 

 of this bird were represented by short pinf eathers. 



A male example had the irides with the inner ring light blue, the 

 outer ring pink; the orbital skin plumbeous-blue; the bill with the 

 apical third light blue, the rest a darker smalt blue ; the feet and toes 

 bright coral-red ; the claws with the basal half pinkish horn, the rest 

 dark horn-brown. 



The male has the head and neck dark yellow-green, washed on the 

 crown with rufous-orange; the upper back gray, this passing into 

 maroon on the middle back, followed by dark olive-green on the lower 

 back, rump, upper tail coverts, and tail ; the lesser wing coverts (shoul- 

 der) maroon, the greater dark olive-green, the rest of the wing black; 

 the underparts bright yellow-green, washed on the breast with orange- 

 pink; the feathers of the thighs dark olive-green with pale yellow 

 margins ; the under tail coverts rufous-buff, the shorter ones with dull 

 green centers. The female differs in lacking the orange on the crown 

 and the maroon on the wings and back. 



BUTRERON CAPELLEI MAGNIROSTRIS (Strickland) 



Malayan Larger Thick-billed Green Pigeon 



Treron magnirostris Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, 1844, p. 116, 

 footnote (Malaya ; type locality may be further restricted to Malacca, ex 

 Cat. Strickland Coll. Birds, p. 556). 



Butreron capellii, Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1916, p. 153 

 (Khun Tan) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 739 (Khun Tan). 



This fine pigeon finds a place in our list on the authority of Count 

 Gyldenstolpe, who states (1916) that "Mr. E. Eisenhofer's native col- 



