Indian Birds 



The Green Pigeons^ 163-164 



These beautiful birds are strictly arboreal. 

 They go about in small companies, but so 

 closely do they assimilate in colour to their 

 leafy surroundings that it is difficult to make 

 them out. They feed exclusively on fruit. 



163. Crocopus phcenicopterus : The Bengal 

 Green Pigeon. (F. 1271), (J. 772), ( + 111.) 



A bright yellowish-green bird. Head, lower 

 breast, and tail dove colour. Some lilac and a 

 yellow bar on the wing. Legs orange-yellow. 



Found in the Eastern Punjab, U. P., and 

 Bengal. In the Punjab, U. P., and the whole 

 of the peninsula of India is found the next 

 species. 



164. Crocopus chlorogaster : The Southern 

 Green Pigeon. (F. 1272), (J. 773), ( + 11.) 



This is so like No. 163 that it seems scarcely 

 deserving of specific rank. It differs only in 

 having the lower breast green instead of grey. 



165. Columba intermedia : The Indian Blue 

 Rock Pigeon. (F. 1292), (J. 788), ( + III.) 



This familiar bird scarcely needs description. 

 It is the common Kabutar. It is a bluish-grey 

 bird (light slate colour) with two broad black 

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