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of lower plumage oil-green, the back of the tibia and feathers about the vent 
buff; under tail-coverts deep chestnut-maroon, except a few of the shortest 
lateral ones, which are buff; under surface of wing dove-grey, the coverts 
more or less mixed with green, axillaries and flanks greenish-grey. 
Colours of soft parts. ‘Iris deep brown or deep reddish brown; bill 
very pale whitish green, cere and gape bice green; legs, feet, and eyelids 
bright yellow, claws horny blue ” (Davison). 
“Tris dark ash or golden yellow ” (Hartert). 
“Orbits slightly bare, tinged yellow; feet chrome yellow ” (Wallace). 
“Tris dull red; eyelids, orbital skin, and feet yellow ” (Butler). 
Weight 15 to 17 oz., according to Davison’s notes. 
Measurements. Wing 7.65 in. to 8.2 ( = 194.3 to 208.2 mm.), tail 
5 in. to 5.75 ( = 127.0 to 146.0 mm.), tarsus .8 in. to.9 ( = 20.3 to 22.8 mm.) ; 
bill at front .85 in. to .95 ( = 21.5 to 24.1 mm.), and from gape about 1.3 in. 
(about 33 mm.). 
Blanford gives the tarsus as 1.1 in. (about 28 mm.). Length in the flesh 
387-400 mm. (Butler). 
Adult female. Has the orange of the breast replaced by green strongly 
suffused with golden-yellow, and showing up brightly against the adjoining 
parts. The posterior feathers of the flanks and of the tibia are a darker 
grey-green and more mixed with buff, and the under tail-coverts are buff 
with dull brownish-green bases and centres. 
Colours of soft parts. “Legs and feet pale yellow, claws pale blue; 
hard part of bill greenish white, soft part plumbeous, irides deep brown and 
edges of eyelids pale yellow. Weight about 13 oz.” (Davison.) 
The measurements of the series of females in the British Museum do 
not show any definite difference between the male and female, but the latter 
is the slighter, lighter bird, and seems to have, on the whole, a somewhat 
more slender bill. 
Distribution. The only instance of this Pigeon being found within 
the limits of the area dealt with in this work, is that of a single bird obtained 
by Dr. Anderson in Elphinstone Island near Mergui. Outside our limits 
it is found in the Mergui Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 
and Java. 
Nidification. Nothing yet known. 
There is practically nothing on record about this bird, but it 
appears to differ in no way in its habits from the other Fruit-Pigeons. 
