18 TRERONID.^. 



Gen. O^iaiOtVQVO'n.—Bofiap. 



General characters as in Crocopus ; bill more slender ; legs red ; sexes differ 

 much in plumage. 



20. Osmotreron bicincta, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 449; Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs Ind. B. p. 493 ; Blyth and Wald., B. Burnt, p. 144 ; Arm- 

 strong, Sir. F. iv. p. 337; Gates, Sir. F. vi. p. 163 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 

 vi. p. 411 ; Hume, Str. F. viii, p. 109; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 725 ; Dates, 

 Str. F. X. p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 308 ; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 p. 500, No, 1 144. — The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon. 



Upper surface of the body, including the lesser wing coverts, tertiaries and 

 greater wing coverts green, the two latter broadly edged on the external web 

 with yellow ; winglet, primaries, and the primary coverts black ; secondaries 

 also black, narrowly margined with yellow ; occipital region, nape, hind neck, 

 under wing coverts, axillaries, sides of the body, and central tail feathers ashy; 

 other tail feathers dark ashy, all tipped with greyish white ; forehead, front of 

 crown, sides of the head and neck, chin, throat, abdomen, and vent yellowish 

 green ; flanks yellow, streaked with dark green ; breast orange, separated from 

 the neck by a lilac band across, forming a collar ; under tail coverts cinnamon. 

 The female has not the lilac and orange breast, and the under tail coverts are 

 pale ashy white, dashed with dull greenish ; bill glaucous green ; legs pinkish 

 red ; irides blue, with an outer circle of red. 



Length. — 12 inches ; tail 4"2 ; wing 6-3 ; tarsus 0"8 ; bill from gape I. 



Hah. — The more moist and wooded portions of India and Ceylon, and also 

 in the greater part of British Burmah. Extends to Assam, Cachar, and coun- 

 tries to the eastward. Recorded from Lower Bengal and the coasts east and 

 west of India. Occurs abundantly in Nepaul, Sylhet, Tipperah, and Arrakan; 

 also the Sub-Himalayan terais of Behar and Oudh, and the Eastern forest 

 regions of the Central Provinces. Breeds in the Nepaul terai from April to 

 June, making a nest generally on the outer branch of a tree. Eggs two in 

 number, oval, and pure white. 



21. Osmotreron VernanS {Unn.), Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc viii. 

 p. 81 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 411 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 1O9; 

 KelhnM, Ibis, 1 88 1, p. 526 ; Oates, B . Br. Burm. ii. p. 309. Columba vernans, 

 Linn., Mantissa Plant, p. 526. Columba viridis, Scop., Del. Flor. ei Faun. 

 Insub. ii. p. 94. Osmotreron viridis, Hiwie, Str. F. i. p. 460. Treron 

 vernans, Salvad., Ucc. Born. p. 286 ; Murray, Avif. Brit. Lid. ii. p. 50O, No. 

 1 145. — The Pink-necked Green Pigeon. 



Forehead, crown, sides of the head, chin, throat, and sides of the body ashy j 

 nape, hind neck, sides of the neck and breast vinaceous pink ; lower breast 

 orange ; back, rump, scapulars, tertiaries and wing coverts green, the outer, 



