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 THE THICK-BILLED GREEN PIGEON. 



Very like the Ashy-headed Green-pigeon. In fact looks as if it had 

 copied that birds plumage ; whether this is a case of mimicry or not, 

 is hard to say. It has, however, the following differences : — bill 

 thickened and red at the base of the upper mandible, the remainder 

 being green ; it also has a green naked patch round the eye, and is a 

 smaller bird, being about lo^ inches in length. Feet and legs red. 



Male — Head grey, darkest on the top ; back and upper portion of 

 the wings maroon red, tail above green, outer feathers grey with a 

 greenish tinge, each feather with a terminal black band and grey tips, 

 the middle pair being entirely green; under tail coverts chestnut; 

 no orange on the breast. 



Female — Wants the red on the back and has the under tail coverts 

 green and white. Found in the hills and better wooded parts of the 

 country. 



(No. 1 28 1. Treron nepalensis.) 

 The second dividon of the Green-pigeon. 



Tail not square, but rounded and greatly graduated, {i.e., feathers of 

 different lengths, the central pair being the longest). 



Otherwise they have the same characteristics as the other green 

 pigeons. 



They may be known by the length of the two middle tail feathers. 



(i) Middle pair of tail feathers greatly elongated, 2 or 3 inches 

 longer than the next pair, The Pin-tailed Green-pigeon. 



(2) Middle pair of tail feathers not so greatly elongated, 

 The Kolka Green-pigeon. 



THE PIN-TAILED GREEN PIGEON. 



Has all the green-pigeon characteristics, with, in addition, a long 

 parrot-like tail, and is possibly another case of mimicry. The sexes 

 are different. Legs and feet red. 



Male — General colouring green tinged with yellow, neck greyish, 

 breast orange and pink, and wings edged with yellow. Length about 

 i6i inches, tail being 8^ inches. 



Female — Wants the orange and pink on the breast and has a 

 shorter tail. 



This is a bird of the hills, and does not descend to the plains. I 

 have personally only seen it on the hills east of Bhamo and Myitky ina ; 

 but it has been recorded from the Shan States and Karen Hills. It 

 also has the regular parrot like habit of usin^g^ its bill for climbing up 



