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knee ; toes fairly long. Their vaulted beaks, nasal fosse, crop and 
a few other details in structure, resemble Ltasores. 
ORDER GEMITORES (Pigeons AND Doves). 
Famity TRERONIDA 
are divided into :— 
].—TRERONIN © Me Green Pigeons. 
IJ.—CARPOPHAGINE ... Imperial Pigeons. 
II].—PTELOPODINZ ... Green Doves. 
Sup-FamiIty TRERONIN 44. 
Are called Fruit eating pigeous, owing to their partiality for fruit 
and berries, more so than the remaining groups such as wood pigeons 
etc. :—They have wings broader and-stronger, their flight is rapid 
and easy; tail broad, having 14 feathers in most of the species. 
GREEN PIGEONS, when compared with other birds of this group, 
are stout and heavy in build. Their plumage is greenish, with yel- 
low tints and patches here and there. Their eyes are pretty, a circle 
of blue within a red circle. These birds remain much in pairs; they 
are social and gregarious. Their feet and legs are strong, giving 
them much freedom whilst feeding on berries. When at rest they 
are quiet and sit close, consequently they are easily over looked. 
GENUS SPHENOCERCUS, bill fairly slender, a little lengthened, 
towards the base, soft and tumid, a narrow nude space round the 
eyes ; tail wedge-shaped with central feathers narrow and elongated ; 
toes narrow. 
(778) SPHENOCERCUS SPHENURUS, Kokla Green Pigeon, is well 
known in Darjeeling. ‘They come here in numbers during the rains, 
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usually making their appearance in August, when the {place is dull, 
misty and wet, but they are not so often observed as their human- 
like voice, song is heard, a soft musical, sort of cooing of several 
