558 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
The following description is given by Captain Shelley :—Very 
similar to 7’. calva, which it resembles in size, nudity of the forehead, 
the grey collar at the base of the hind neck, the vinous and the 
yellow on the wings, the bright yellow thighs, and in the under 
tail-coverts; but differing in the head, neck, and chest being 
yellower, in the olive parts of the back and wings being also 
yellower, and in the tail being olive-yellow above instead of grey, 
ending in a broad yellowish-buff terminal bar; the iris, bill and legs 
are probably similarly coloured to those of 7’. calva. Total length, 
9°2 inches; culmen from the frontal feathers, 0°8; wing, 6°15; 
tail, 3°5; tarsus, 0-9. The wing varies from 5:7 inches to 7-2. 
Fig. Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1873, pl. 58. 
543. TRERON DELALANDI, Bp. Delalande’s Green Pigeon. 
This is entirely a bird of the eastern districts ; Captain Trevelyan 
tells us that it is rare in British Kaffraria, and during his stay there 
he only saw three examples in the flesh. One was killed on the road 
from Kingwilliamstown to Hast London in July, 1870, one at 
Macleantown, and one he killed himself out of a small flock of five 
or six on the banks of the Chalumna River in March, 1877. Mr — 
Rickard informs us that they are not uncommon at Hast London, 
and he has seen one which had been procured in the neighbourhood 
of Uitenhage. Captain Shelley saw a specimen at Pinetown in 
Natal, and he says that they generally keep well hidden amongst 
the foliage of the large trees, where, owing to their green colour, 
they are extremely difficult to observe; and relying on this natural 
protection they sit close, often allowing stones to be thrown into a 
tree before they will take wing. 
Mr. Ayres writes :—‘ I found these handsome Pigeons somewhat 
scarce in the Magaliesbergen in winter; but my brother tells me 
that they are exceedingly plentiful there during our summer months, 
when wild fruits abound; they are fond of densely foliaged trees, 
keeping very quiet if any one approaches; and one may often walk 
quietly right under the trees where they are, when they dash out 
suddenly, generally one at a time. They are sometimes solitary, but 
often in small flocks; their food consists entirely of small berries ; 
and for the pot they are not by any means to be despised.” During 
Mr. Jameson’s expedition to the Mashoona country, this species was 
