LEUCOTRERON. ot 
Genera. 
a. First primary abruptly attenuated. 
bt. Tail rather long; pectoral feathers not bifureated.......... Leucotreron (p. 37) 
b?, Tail moderate; pectoral feathers bifurcated.................. Lamprotreron (p. 40) 
a*, First primary not so abruptly attenuated; slightly narrowed at tip. 
Spilotreron (p. 41) 
Genus LEUCOTRERON Bonaparte, 1854. 
First primary with both webs greatly reduced in width near the tip; 
tail square; tarsus feathered for more than half its length. Forest in- 
habiting pigeons of medium size. 
Species. 
w, Larger, length, 330 mm. or more; under tail-coverts green or gray, broadly 
edged with buff. 
Gr ScCONdanier UM OnMa ON Ce Nest: eee a secanas eae ack ease aceeee Dee occipitalis (p. 37) 
b?. Secondaries with a conspicuous red patch..................----.-..------ marchei (p. 38) 
a’. Smaller, length, 300 mm. or less; under tail-coverts uniform, dark cinnamon. 
b leclancheri (p. 39) 
26. LEUCOTRERON OCCIPITALIS (Bonaparte). 
YELLOW-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON, 
Ramphiculus occipitalis BONAPARTE, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 17. 
Xenotreron incognita TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soe. (1877), $32. 
Ptilopus occipitalis SALvAvorRI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 72. 
Leucotreron occipitalis SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55; McGrecor and 
Worcester, Hand-List (1907), 10. 
Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Wor- 
cester, McGregor) ; Leyte (Steere Exp.) ; Luzon (Meyer, Steere Exp., Whitehead, 
McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow); Mindoro (Bourns & 
Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead); Samar (Bourns & Worcester) ; 
Sibuyan (McGregor). 
Adult (sexes alike ).—Forehead pale gray with a yellow wash, blending 
into light slate-gray mixed with green on center of crown; on back of 
head a wide band of dark purple or deep cherry-red, extending over ear- 
coverts and sides of face below the eyes; remainder of upper parts, in- 
cluding wings and tail, nearly uniform, rich green; rectrices and quills 
partly blue when held toward the light; whole upper parts slightly bronze 
away from the light; feathers of chin and upper throat white with a 
yellow wash on tips; lower throat and sides of neck and breast light 
gray; breast covered by a large oval patch of old-gold-yellow, just behind 
this a broad band of deep purple; middle of abdomen pearl-gray and 
white; sides and flanks green; under tail-coverts light buff, the inner 
webs largely green; rectrices gray below with light gray tips, above very 
narrowly edged with light ocherous; some of the primaries and secondaries 
narrowly edged with buff; tips of the green tarsal feathers reaching 
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