Northern Portion of the Malay Peninsula. f>73 



This hanisome Green Pigeon is very distinct from any 

 species hitherto described, being most closely allied to &. oxy- 

 iirns (Temm.) from the mountains of Sumatra, with which 

 it agrees in having the bare space round the eye extending 

 to the base of the bill. This character does not occur in any 

 other member of the genus except in S. apicicauda, these 

 two being also the only species that have sharply pointed 

 tail-feathers. 



From S. oxyurus the present form differs in having the 

 wing-coverts edged with yellow, from S. apicicauda by its 

 less acuminate tail-feathers, much darker coloration, and 

 the presence of maroon shoulder-patches in the nude, and 

 from both species by its yellow and green, not cinnamon or 

 chestnut, under tail-coverts. From <S. robinsoni Grant, the 

 other Peninsula species, it is at once separated by its pointed 

 tail and naked lores, and from every species of the genus by 

 its pure white belly. 



Since the description of this fine species three more 

 specimens, two adult males and a female, have been collected 

 by our Dyaks in the same locality as the type, Semangko 

 Pass, Selangor Pahang-border, about 2700 ft., where we have 

 frequently seen the bird, but under conditions that generally 

 rendered it impossible to obtain it.] 



4 BuTRERON CAPELLII. 



Butreron capellei (Temm.) ; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 32 (1893) ; Robinson, p. 168. 



Lay Song Hong, Interior of Trang, January 1910. 



This large Green Pigeon, though fairly common in the 

 Peninsula, is not so well known as the species of Osmotreron, 

 and does not afford the same amount of sport. It occurs in 

 the interior of the country, nearly always in very high forest, 

 and feeds on very lofty trees, so that it is generally rather 

 difficult to get. 



It is usually met with in very large flocks, and on one 

 occasion, near Selama in North Perak, we came across one 

 that at the lowest estimate must have numbered two or three 

 hundred individuals. 



