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26. SphenOCercUS Splienurus (Vigors), Jerd., B. Ind. ii. 

 p 453; Hime, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 494; id.. Sir. F. iii. p. 163 ; 



Wald. in Blyth's B. Burm. p. 144; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 415 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. vii. p. 109; Scully, Sir. F. viii. p. 339; Oaies, Sir. F. x. 

 p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 3O4. Vinago sphenurus, Vigors, P. Z. S ., 



1831, p. 173; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 502, No. 1 150. —The Wedge- 

 tailed Green Pigeon or the Kokla. 



Plumage green, with a ruddy tinge on the head and breast ; shoulder of wing 

 and mantle maroon ; wing coverts, tertiaries, back, rump and upper tail coverts 

 dark dull green ; upper back slaty green ; quills dusky or dark brown ; tail 

 green, the outer feathers slate colour, and with a dark subterminal band ; 

 greater wing coverts and secondaries narrowly margined with yellow ; under 

 surface of the body green ; part of the throat, and entire breast suffused with 

 orange buff; vent and under tail coverts pale cinnamon. 'Y\iQ. female has not 

 the orange buff colour on the breast, and the under tail coverts are mixed 

 white and green ; bill glaucous blue, albescent at the tip ; irides blue, with 

 an outer circle of red ; orbital skin pale blue ; legs coral red. 



Length. — 13 inches; tail 5"5 ; wing 7 ; bill at front o"]^. 



Hah. — Himalayas, extending into Assam and Sylhet, ascending as high as 

 from 4,000 to 8,000 feet. Found also in Pegu. Jerdon says it is common at 

 Darjeeling, and that at iNIussoorie they leave in October and return to breed 

 in April. Nest made on trees, composed of twigs. Eggs two in number, 

 pure white. 



27. Sphenocercus apicaudus {Hodgs), Jerd., B. ind. iii. 



p. 454; Wald. in BlytJi's B. Burm. p. 144; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. 

 p. 415 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 109. Treron apicauda, Hodgs., J . A. S. B. xiv. 

 p. 854; Murray^ Avif. Brit. Ind.\\. p. 503, No. 1151.— The Pin-tailed 

 Green Pigeon. 



Plumage green ; crown of the head with a yellowish tinge ; upper tail 

 coverts and under surface of the body tinged with yellowish ; primaries 

 slate colour ; wing with two narrow conspicuous yellow bars ; breast tinged 

 with russet; tail with the medial pair of feathers much elongated beyond the 

 rest, green at the base and pale grey at the tips ; the others grey with a 

 medial dark bar. Bill glaucous blue ; legs coral red ; irides dark yellow, 



Lengtli. — 15*5 to 16 inches; tail 6-5, to end of central pair 8-o ; wing 

 6'S ; tarsus o'9 ; bill from gape i. 



ZTiJi^. — S.-E. Himalayas, in Nepaul and Sikkim ; also British Burmah, in 

 Tenasserim, extending to the hill ranges of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 

 Habits not unlike other pigeons. Jerdon says its not unlike the last species, but 

 its coo is less loud, musical and prolonged. 



