200 TRERONID^. 



Tristram has an Interesting account of this species in Vol, i. of tlie 

 'Ibis/ p. 427. It runs with great rapidity and is never found congre- 

 gated in flocks* Mr. Hume {8. F. i. 216) says " they never apparently 

 fly if left undisturbed, but run about with their little porcelain white legs 

 twinkling in the sunlight, hither and thither, for all the world like minia- 

 ture coursers." Tristram however says " he has watched it in the early 

 morning, rise perpendicularly to some elevation, and then suddenly drop, 

 repeating these gambols uninterruptedly over exactly the same spot for 

 nearly an hour. Except in this there is nothing of the lark in its 

 flight.'' 



ORDEE, GEMITORES,— Pigeons. 



Bill short, straight, compressed, front half of mandible vaulted and 

 curved at the tip, the base with a soft fleshy membrane^ in which are 

 the nostrils, wings moderate or long; tail variable, of 12,14,16 fea- 

 thers, even or rounded ; tarsi strong. 



Family, TRERONIDyE,— Fruit Pigeons. 



Bill variable, short, thick, or slender j tip vaulted ; tail of 14 feathers j 

 tarsi more or less feathered, the bare portion reticulated. 



Sub^Family, TRERONIN^— Green Pigeons. 



Bill strong and thick ; tail short ; tarsi stout ; feet broadly padded j 

 colour leaf green, generally varied with maroon and ashy. 



Gen. CrOCOpuS. — Bonajj. 



Characters those of the Sub-Family ; basal portion of bill with 

 the fleshy pi'otuberauce occupying one-half its length or nearly as much 5 

 third primary sinuated on its inner web. 



Crocopus chlorigaster, BIyth,J. A. S.B. x.Yn. p. 167; Jerd.iu. 

 p. 448, No. 773; Str. F. ii. 423; Murray, Hclbk., Zool, cfc, S hid, 

 p. 193; Tern. Pig. t. 2. C. jerdoni, Strickl. — The Southern Green 

 Pigeon. 



Forehead, crown and nape ashy grey, as also are the lores, sides of 

 the face and ear-coverts ; neck behind yellowish green, followed on the 

 upper back by a narrow band of ashy grey ; back, scapulars, rump and 

 upper tail-coverts green, slightly tinged with yellowish on the scapulars ; 

 primaries dusky brown, margined on their outer web with pale yel- 

 low ; the wing-coverts broadly margined with the same colour, forming an 

 oblique wing bar; shoulder of wing lilac ; tail above greenish at base 

 and ashy grey for the terminal half nearly ; the Under surface black at 

 the base and albescent for less than the terminal half; under tail-coverts 

 dull maroon, the feathers broadly tipped with white; chin and throat 

 greenish yellow ; neck in front, breast and abdomen bright yellow^ 

 tinged greenish on the flanks ; vent mixed green and white ; bill whit- 

 ish; legs and feet yellow ; irides carmine. 



Length. — 11*75 to 12*5 inches, wing 7, tail 5, bill at front 0'75. 



