28 .MANUAL OF PHII^IPPINE r.IUDS. 



14. OS MOT RE RON EVERETTI RothschiKl. 



EVERETT'S GREEN PIGEON. 



Osmotreron axillaris Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 48 



( part ) . 

 Osmotreron everetti Rothschild, Nov. Zool. (1894), 1, 41: AIcGkegor and 



Worcester. Haiid-List (1906), 9. 



Bongao [Everett); Meimbun {Everett?) ; Sibiitu (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, 

 Guillemard, Everett ) . 



"Osmotreron everetti resembles 0. axillaris from the Philippines, but 

 is altogether a larger bird ; the purplish chestnut mantle is bordered above 

 by a ver}' conspicuous interscapulary band of lavender-gray, of the same 

 color as the crown; this color is of a lighter shade than in 0. axillaris 

 and the interscapulary band is much less distinct and not so pure gray 

 in the latter. In 0. everetti the green of the neck and breast is a shade 

 lighter and more tinged with yellow, the abdomen paler and more grayish 

 along the middle. Length, about 279 ; wing, 161 to 165 ( $ 16? to 165) ; 

 tail, 91 to 92; bill, 19; tarsus, 23. 'Iris greenish silvery" (Everett) ; 'iris 

 pearly green; bill red at base, blue at tip; feet pale slate.' {Guillemard.) 

 I have no female of true 0. axillaris to compare, but the female of 

 0. everetti seems to be the larger, and the mantle much darker olive."" 

 {Rothschild.) 



I have seen no specimens of Everett's green pigeon. 



15. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (Linnsus). 



PINK-NECKED GREEN PIGEON. 



Columba vernans Lixn.eus, Mantissa Plantarum (1771), 526. 



Osmotreron vernaiis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 60; 

 Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 54; Gates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 

 1, 83; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 9. 



Pu-nay, in general nse. , 



Bantayan {McGregor) ; Basilan {Everett, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Boliol (Everett, McGregor) ; Calamianes (Bourns rf Worcester, McGregor) ; Cebvi 

 (Everett, McGregor) ; Giiimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns & M'orcester) ; Luzon 

 (Meyer, Heriot, Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Masbate (Bourns cC- Worcester) ; Minda- 

 nao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Goodfelloiv) ; Mindoro (McGregor, 

 Porter) ; Negros (Bourns d Worcester, Keay) ; Palawan (Everett, Platen, White- 

 head, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, White) ; Panay (Steere, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibay (Porter); Siquijor (Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino). Celebes, Malay Peninsula. Indo-Malay 

 Islands, Indo-Chinese provinces. 



Adult male. — Head, chin, and upper throat blue-gray, darkest on 

 crown; forehead, sides of face, chin, and throat faintly greenish; neck 

 all round and sides of head behind eye lavender-gray, forming a narrow 

 band on hind neck and a wide patch on lower throat, followed bj' a 

 patch of deep orange on breast ; lower breast and abdomen yellowish green. 



