286 CARPOPHAGINZ. 
and breast, too, are less tinged with yellow, and shade gradually 
into the green of the belly ; there is no trace of green upon the 
tail, except at its extreme base, which is uniformly ash above. 
The Southern Green Pigeon occurs in suitable localities in all 
parts of the Presidency, but it is very rare in Sind, having 
only been obtained near the frontier at Jacobabad. It is a per- 
manent resident, making the usual dove-like nest. The eggs, 
two in number, are oval in shape, and glossy pure white in color: 
They measure 1:25 inches in length by 0°95 in breadth. 
Genus, Osmotreron, Bonap. 
Bill as in Crocopus, but more slender ; legs always red ; sexes 
differ conspicuously in plumage ; of small size. 
Osmotreron malabarica, Jerdon. 
775.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 450; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 419. 
THE GREY-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON. 
Length, 10°5 ; expanse, 18 ; wing, 5°75 ; tail, 4 
Bill glaucous-green ; irides red, with an outer circle of blue ; 
legs pinky-red. 
Male: forehead pale ashy, or whitish-grey ; mantle and wing- 
coverts maroon ; the rest of the upper parts, with the lores, eye- 
brow, face, and ear-coyerts, green ; wing-coverts broadly edged 
with bright yellow, and wing feathers more or less edged with the 
same ; tail green at the base, broadly tipped with ashy-white, 
and with a medial dark band, and the outermost feathers more 
or less marked with deep ashy on the inner webs ; beneath green, 
yellowish on the throat and neck, and mixed with pale-yellow on 
the vent and thigh-coverts ; under tail-coverts cinnamon. 
The female differs in wanting the maroon color, and in the 
under tail-coverts being mingled ashy and white. 
The Grey-fronted Green Pigeon occurs sparingly all along the 
Sahyadri Range as far north as Khandalla, extending also to the 
well-wooded tracts of Ratnagari. 
Sus-FAMILY, Carpophagine. 
Bill lengthened and slender, tolerably depressed at the base, 
with the terminal third or less of the upper mandible corneous ; 
wings long; tail even, or slightly rounded, longer than in the 
Treronine ; feet strong, with broad soles; tarsus well feathered. 
Genus, Carpophaga, Selby. 
The characters are the same as those of the sub-family ; 
plumage glossy metallic-green, or coppery-brown above ; of large 
size. 
