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unsuitable for walking on the ground. And live entirely on fruits and 

 berries, never descending to the ground for feeding purposes; an I 

 have pleasant whistling notes quite different to the cooing of doves 

 and pigeons. 



They can be divived up as follows : — 



(a) Tail square or only slightly round, i.e., all the feathers being 

 about the same length. 



(i) Thoee about the size of the domstic pigeon, 

 (i) The Common Green Pigeon. 



THE COMMON BENGAL GREEN PIGEON. 



There is only one pigeon of this family found in Burma. It is 

 widely distributed over the whole Province, both in the hills and 

 plains, preferring the more open country to the heavily wooded 

 jungles. It is about the same size as the domestic pigeon, and has a 

 square tail. Its whole plumage more or less tinged with green 

 shading to yellow on the head and neck, top of the head and a collar 

 round the base of the neck slaty grey, the upper portion of the wings 

 tinged with lilac, and the quills margined with yellow ; breast more or 

 less yellow and under tail coverts chestnut. Both sexes alike and is 

 the only green pigeon with orange coloured legs and feet. 



The common green pigeon is quite a game bird, both from a sport- 

 ing and table point of view, and gives very good sport if one hnds 

 out its general line of flight, and posts guns accordingly. With 

 others of the family it shows a marvellous adaptation of colour to 

 surroundings, the whole plumage so blending with the leaves, and 

 foliage, as to make the bird practically invisible. 



Furmese name — Ngu. 



\^No. 1271. Crocopus phoenicopterus.) 



(2) Those smaller than the domestic pigeon. 



(2) The Ashy.headed Green-pigeon. 



(3) The Orange-breasted Green-pigeon. 



(4) The Thick-billed Green-pigeon. 



There are three of the smaller kinds of green pigeons, which are 

 well distributed over the whole Province in suitable localities. Two 

 others, which have been omitted, are found only in the extreme south 

 of Tenasserim. 



They have all the family characteristics, i.e , fourteen tail feathers, 

 yellow bars in the wings, broad-soled feet, and square shaped tails, 

 but are smaller than the domestic pigeon, being 10 to 11 inches in 

 length, 



