(9) OSMOTRERON BISINCTA DOMVILLII (Blyth). 



THE ORANGE-BREASTED GREEN PIGEON. 



Vinago bisincta (part) Jerdon, Madr. J.L.S., p. 13 (1840) ; (part) id., Ill 

 I. Orn., pi. 21. 



Viimgo unicolor (part) id., Madr. J.L.S., XII p. 14 (1840). 



Trermi bisincta Blyth, J.A.S.B., XIV p. 851 ; id.. Cat., p. 229. 



Osmoireron bisincta Bp., Con. Av., II p. 12 ; Jerdon, B.I., III p. 449 

 Godw.-Aus., J.A.S.B., XXXIX pt. n p. 272; Ball, Str. Feath., II 

 p. 423 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 493 ; id., Str. Feath., Ill p. 162 

 Blyth and Wal., B. Burma, p. 144 ; Armstrong, Str. Feath., IV p. 337 

 Gates, ib., V p. 163 ; Hume and Dav., ib., VI p. 411 ; Hume, ib. 

 VI p. 414; Ball, ib., VH p. 224; Hume, ib., VIII p. 109; id. 

 Cat. no. 774 ; Hume and Inglis, Str. Feath., IX p. 257 ; Gates, ib. 

 X p. 235 ; Dav., ib., p. 406 ; Gates, B. Burma, U p. 308 ; id., Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, 2nd ed., II p. 374 ; id., Str. Feath., XI p. 291 

 Salvadori, Cat. B.M., XXI p. 57; Blanf., Avi. Brit. I., IV p. 11 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-List, I p. 54 ; Gates, Cat. Eggs B.M., I p. 82 ; Barnes, J.B.N.H.S. 

 V p. 328 ; Davidson, ib., IX p. 489 ; Stuart Baker, ib., X p. 363 ; Inglis 

 ib., XI p. 475 ; Davidson, ib., XII p. 61 ; Macdonald, ib., XVII p. 495 

 Stuart Baker, ib., p. 971 ; Haxmgton, ib., XIX p. 308. 



Osmoireron domvillei Blyth, B. Burma, p. 144. 



Osmoireron domvillii Swinh., Ibis 1870. 



Vernacular Names. Chitta putsa guwa, Tel. ; Gnu, Burmese ; Daorep 

 kashiba, Cachari ; Inrid-gahergu, Naga ; Harial, Hindi ; Haitha, Assamese. 



Description. — Adult male. Fore-head, lores, and crown as far back as 

 the back of the eye, dull yellow-ish-green, changing into a beautiful blue-grey 

 on the nape, hind-neck, and upper-back where it in turn changes into the 

 brownish-green of the back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts and 

 smaller wing-coverts ; these last and the rump are rather less brown, and 

 the upper tail-coverts somewhat more brown than that of the other parts. 

 Tail dark ashy-grey with a broad terminal band of pale grey, and a dark, 

 almost black subterminal band, very broad and dark on the outermost 

 feathers, and less distinct and narrower on the central ones. Chin, throat, 

 and fore-neck green, more yellow on the chin and the centre of the throat ; 

 a broad band of lilac across the breast and bending backwards towards the 

 shoulders of the wing so as to nearly enclose a second broad band of orange ; 

 lower-breast pale yellowish-green, changing into bright king's yellow on the 

 abdomen ; tibial plumes yellow, splashed with dark green and grey ; under 

 taU-coverts cinnamon, the outermost feathers with pale yellowish edges. 

 Quills nearly black, the outer primaries narrowly edged with bright pale 



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