CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



Preface v 



List of Plates xi 



BlBLIOGEAPHY xiii 



1. BengaA GTeen Pigeon (Crocoptts phoenicopterus phoenicopterus) ... 7 



2. Buimese Green "Pigeon {Crocoptisphoemcopterusviridifrons) ... ... 18 



3. Southern Green Pigeon {Crocopus phoenicopterus cMorogaster) ... 21 



4. Ashy-headed Green Pigeon [Osmotreron pompadora phayrei) ... ... 27 



5. Grey-iionted Green Pigeon (Osmotreron pompadwa a/finis) ... ... 37 



6. Pompadour Green Pigeon (Osmotreron pompadora pompadora) ... 40 



7. Andamanese Green Pigeon (Osmotreron pompadora chloroptera) ... 43 



8. Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon (Osmotreron /mZotcoWjs) ... ... 46 



9. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Osmo/rerow 6ismc<a domOTHw) ... 49 



10. Lesser Grange-breasted Green Pigeon (Osmotreron hisincta bisincta) ... 56 



11. Pink-necked Green Pigeon (OsTOOirerow vermaws) ... ... ... 59 



12. Large Thick-billed Green Pigeon (5M<rerom cape&V) ... ... ... 64 



13. Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Trerow wipaZeTJsts) 66 



14. Pin- tailed Green Pigeon ((SpAewocercMs apjca«<ia) ... ... ... 72 



15. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (<Sj3^e?i.ocercMS spAewwra) ... ... ... 80 



16. Green Imperial Pigeon (CarpopAagra aeweo aemea) ... ... ... 91 



17. Nicobar Imperial Pigeon (Car^JopAagra aewea jwsMZarts) ... ... 97 



18. Hodgson's Imperial Pigeon (DmcmZo t«s«srms jMSjgrms) ... ... 100 



19. Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon (Dmcm^o »?is»g'm5 gnseica^M'/fef) ... ... 104 



20. Jerdon's Imperial Pigeon (DiicwZa «nsjj?ijs cwpreo) ... ... ... 106 



21. Pied Imperial Pigeon (i/yris/jcjzjora fttco/or) 110 



22. Nicobar Pigeon (Ca?ae»Mss wico&ar»ca) ... ... ... ... ... 114 



23. Bronze-winged or Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) 121 



24. Blue Rock-Pigeon (CoZwrnfea Zma /»i;ja) ... ... ... ... ... 130 



25. Indian Blue Rock-Pigeon (Columha livia intermedia) ... ... ... 135 



26. Blue Hill-Pigeon (CoZwrnfea rMpes<r»s) ... ... ... ... ... 144 



27. Eastern Stock-Pigeon (Columha oenas eversmanni) ... ... ... 148 



28. ^now-Pigeon (Columha leuconota) ... ... ... ... ... 152 



29. Speckled Wood-Pigeon (Dendrotreron hodgsoni) ... ... ... 156 



30. Eastern Wood-Pigeon, Ring-Dove, or Cushat (Palumbus palumbus 



casiotis) 160 



31. Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon (Alsocomus elphinstonii) 164 



