THE IBIS. 



NEW SERIES. 



No. X. APRIL 1867. 



IX. — The Ornithology of India. — A Commentary on Dr. Jerdon's 



^ Birds of India.' By Edward Blyth, late Curator of the 



Museum of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, Hon. Mem. 



As. Soc. 



[Concluded from p. 48.] 



To one of the characters of the order Gemitores, or Pigeons, as 

 given by Dr. Jerdon (vol. iii. p. 443), " bare portion [of the 

 tarsus] is covered with scutellse in front," the genus Goiira con- 

 stitutes a prominent exception. 



771. Treron nipalensis (Hodgs.)j Bonap. Icon, Pig. pi. viii. 

 Very common in Borneo, as identified by Dr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 220). 



772. CrOCOPUS PHffiNICOPTERUS. 



The Siamese race referred to this by Schomburgk (Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 249) is the nearly allied C. viridifrons, nobis. 



775. OSMOTRERON MALABARICA. 



The male of this bird is figured by Bonaparte (Icon. Pig. pi. 

 xii.) ; but his supposed female (pi. xi. fig. 2) is that of the next 

 species. 



• 776. OsMOTRERON PHAYRii bears a nearer resemblance in 

 colouring to Treron nipalensis, as the male has the same ochreous 

 patch on the breast, which does not occur in O. malabarica. 



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