OZ TKERONID.E. 



p. 375 ; id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 277 ; Gieh. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 65] 



(1877); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 45 (Madras!) (1889). 

 Osmotreron flavogularis, Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. p. 452 (1864) ; B/i/f/i, 



Ibis, 1865, p. 45, 1867, p. 148 : G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 223, 



n. 9098 (1870) ; Holdsw. P. Z. 8. 1872, p. 464; Leyye, Ibis, 1874, 



p. 25; Hume, Str. Feath, iii. p. 162 (1875). 

 Osmotreron pompadoura, Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. p. 452 (1864) : Holdsw. 



F. Z. S. 1872, p. 465 ; Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 399 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 



vi. p. 414 (1878), viii. p. 109. n. 777 (1879) ; E. L. Layard, Ibis, 



1880, pp. 283, 284. 

 Treron pornpadura, Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Columbse, p. 52 (1873). 



Adult male. Forehead, face, and loral region greenish yellow, 

 blending into the purer yellow of the throat and the greenish grey 

 of the crown and occiput : hind neck and upper mantle greyish 

 olive ; interscapular region, scapulars, and smaller wing-coverts 

 chestnut ; lower hack, rump, upper tail-coverts, and central tail- 

 feathers olive-green; underparts yellowish green; flanks olive, 

 with the edges of the feathers yellowish white ; under tail-coverts 

 whitish, more or less tinged with pale buff, edged with pale yellowish 

 green, and with the bases of the feathers speckled with ashy olive ; 

 quills black, the primaries with narrow yellow edges ; secondaries 

 and greater and median wing-coverts also black, with broad bright 

 yellow edges ; under wing-coverts and quills below lead-grey, the 

 former with greenish edges ; lateral tail-feathers grey, with a black 

 band about the middle, and more or less tinged with olive at the 

 base of the outer webs ; tail below blackish, with a broad grey apical 

 band : " iris carmine-red, with a cobalt inner circle ; eyelid glaucous 

 green ; bill glaucous green, paling to bluish on the apical portion ; 

 legs and feet purple-red " (Legge). Length 10 - 6 to 10 - 3 inches, 

 wing 5-7 to 55, tail 3-8 to 3-5, bill 0-6, tarsus 0-8. 



Female. Forehead and face not so yellow, but the throat the same 

 as in the male ; upper surface olive-green, without the maroon 

 mantle, and the white under tail-coverts freckled or banded with 

 green. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



I do not think there is sufficient evidence that this bird has been 

 found in Southern India. 



a, b. <$ $ ad. sk. Ceylon. Cuming Coll. 



c, d, e. c? 2 ad. sk. Ceylon, Jan. (S. Chapman^). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. S ad. sk. Ceylon, Dec. (Messrs. Hart Bros.). Hume Coll. 



(/. 2 ad. sk. Cevlon. Gould Coll. 



h. § ad. sk. S. Ceylon, Aug. ( W. V. Leyye). Hume Coll. 



10. Osmotreron fulvicollis. 



Coluniba aromatica, var., Temm. 8r Enip, Pig. i. p. 30, pi. 6 (1808-1 1 ) ; 



Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. p. 53 (1813) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 366 



(1826). 

 Columba aromatica, var. d, Temm. Piy. et Gallin. i. p. 442 (1813). 

 Columba fulvicollis, Wagl. Si/st. Av. Columba, sp. 8 (1827): Schleg. 



Handl. Dierk. i. p. 412 (1857). 

 Columba ferruginea, Wayl. inee Forst.) Isis, 1829, p. 738. 



