G. OSJIOTRERON. 



40 



green ; feet greyish green ; bill light green, base dark red " (Everett). 

 Total length about 11 inches, wing 6, tail 3*5, bill 0*66, tarsns 0"9. 



/■'•■iii/tli . Differs from the male in having no chestnut on the back 

 and on the wing-coverts, which are of an olive colour ; the scapulars 

 and enter webs of the tertials also are olive; there is no grey baa I 

 bordering the upper part of the mantle. 



A Sulu bird mentioned in the following list looks larger and 

 liner, but is not otherwise different. 



ffab. Philippines and Sulu Islands. 



a, b. d2 ad. st. Philippines 



c,d.tJ2 ad. sk. 

 e,f,g- 6 ? ad.sk. 



A, i. 6 2 ad. sk. 



ft, I. 6 2 ad. sk. 



m. 2 ad. sk. 

 n. d ad. sk. 



o. $ ad. sk. 



p. 9 ad. sk. 



q, r. <S 2 ad. sk. 



8. 2 ad. sk. 



t. <$ ad. ek. 



u. 2 ad. sk. 



v. d ad. sk. 

 to. cJ ad. sk. 



Manilla. 



Luzon, Jan., April [A. B. 



Meyer). 

 Monte Alb in, March (A. 



H. Everett). 

 Monte Alban, Feb., March 



(A. H. Eoerett). 

 Ilo Ho. Pa nay. 

 Negros, March (A. B. 



Meyer). 

 Valencia, Aug. (A. II. 



Eoerett). 

 Dumaguete, Aug. (A. II. 



Everd/ |. 

 Cebu, April (A. II. 



Everett). 

 Cebu, March (A. II. 



Everett). 

 Guimaras, March (A. B. 



Meyer). 

 Bntuan Hirer, Mindanao, 



-May [A. H. Everett). 

 Zamb ianga. 

 Sulu Is. (Burbidge). 



Cuming Coll. (Type of 



species.) 

 Could Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



' Challenger ' Exp. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Prof. Steeiv C. 



II. Veitch, Esq.. [P.]. 





8. Osniotreron chloroptera. 



Treron chloroptera, Blyth, J. A. & B. xiv. 2, p. 852 (Nicobars) 

 (1845), xv. p. :UV.) (lS4ti): id. Ann. \ Ma,,. N. II. xix. p. 4> 

 (1847); G. 11. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 23 (1849); Hartl. J. f. <>. 

 L865, p. 319 : Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 375 ; id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 277 . 

 Gieb. The*. Orn. iii. p. 650 (1877); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 45 

 (1889). 



Osniotreron chloroptera, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 13 (1854) : id. Compt. 

 Rend, xxxix. p. 875 (1854), xl. p. 816, n. 25 (1855); id. Cvup 

 devil Ordr. Pig. pp. 6, 54. n. 25 ( 1855) ; id. Icon, des Pig. letter- 

 press to pi. xii. (1857) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 108(1862); Blyth, 

 M, mat's App. p. 361 j L863) | Ibis, 1863, p. 465) ; Jerd. B. oflnd. 

 iii. p. 451 (1864); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 11-: Beav.St Tytl. Ibis, 

 1^>7, p. 331: O. Ii. 'a,-. Hand-list. ii. p. 223, n. 9099 (1870) ; 

 Ball. J. A. S. II. xli. i'. p. 286 (1872); id. Str. Rath.Lji. 78 

 (1873) : Wold. Ibis, 1878, p. 313 (Andamans) : Hume, Str. Feath. 

 ii. p. 258 (1874), iii. p. 162 (1875) ; Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. 



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