148 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



Hah. Borneo: Lamag, Sandakan (Graydon), Mengalong 

 River {Loir), Lawas River (Treacher), Simunjan River 

 (Morton), Sarawak (Platen); Tumbong Hiang, S.E. Borneo 

 (Graboivsky) . 



The preceding table of measurements (p. 147) shews 

 the differences in size between the present species and 

 D. epi scopus. 



The figures of the male and female of this bird (Plate V.) 

 drawn by Mr. H. Gronvold faithfully shew their peculiarities. 

 Considering the number of excellent English naturalists who 

 have spent years of their lives in studying the ornithology of 

 Borneo, it is astonishing that this really remarkable bird 

 should have hitherto escaped notice, and that, with the 

 exception of the specimen procured by Sir Hugh Low 

 seven-and-twenty years ago, none have reached this country 

 in the large collections sent home by Everett, Whitehead, 

 and Mr. C. Hose. 



XV. — A List of the Birds of Lucknow. By William Jesse, 

 M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Member of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society). — Part IV. 



[Concluded from p. 81.] 



No. 1272. Crocopus chlorogaster. Southern Green 

 Pigeon. 



Harrial [H.]. 



A permanent resident, but restricted more or less to those 

 parts where it can procure the fruit of the banian and pipal. 

 In ' Stray Feathers ' Reid wrote : — " The natives here 

 erroneously believe that it never descends to the ground, 

 and even pretend that, when shot, it loses about a pound in 

 weight the moment it comes in contact with it ! If asked 

 how it manages to quench its thirst, they will tell you that 

 it settles upon a reed, which bends over with the weight of 

 the bird and enables it to drink ! Be all these ' yarns ' 

 as they may, it is a very rare occurrence to see a Green 

 Pigeon on the ground — still rarer to see it drinking/ 7 To 

 this Mr. A. O. Hume, the Editor, appended the note : — 



