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pairs. The iris lias a circle of fine blue round the pupil, with a 

 broad outer one of golden yellow. The basal half of the bill is 

 fine blue, the apical half pale greenish- blue. I saw a Green 

 Pigeon at the south end of the island, but I cannot be sure that 

 it was of this sj;3cies. It is closely allied to 0. bicincta, Jerdon 

 (B. Ind. iii. p. 449), but differs by its smaller size, by its fore- 

 head and throat being green, by the grey on its nape being 

 small, in the form of a round spot, and not extending to the 

 sides of its neck, and the much brighter yellow on its belly and 

 underparts. Length about 9 inches ; wing 6; tail 3'75. 



The female is rather larger than the male, has the nuchal 

 grey still smaller, wants the lilac and orange pectoral bands, and 

 has the under tail-coverts very pale cinnamon. Length about 

 9-5 in., wing 6-3, tail 4. 



I name this species in honour of Lieutenant Domvile, R.N., 

 who commanded the gunboat ' Algerine,^ in which we made the 

 cruise. 



121. Carpophaga sylvatica, Tickell. 



At Shuy-wei-sze (Central Hainan) on the 18th of February, 

 as I was passing a farm-house, one of these monster Green 

 Pigeons alighted on a tree in a paddock alongside. It was not 

 timid, admitting of close approach. Its irides were dark pink. 

 I did not come across the bird again till we got round to Hung- 

 pe (West Hainan) on the 30th of March. On shore there, 

 among the tall trees near villages, we found a small party of 

 them and secured five. The irides of these I noted as " crim- 

 son.^^ The birds were excellent eating. I have compared my 

 specimens with skins from India, and can find no notable differ- 

 ence. Wing 9 inches, tail 6. 



122. Macropygia tusalia (Rodgs. ),var. minor. -Aj-" 

 At Tai-ping-sze (Central Hainan) this fine Dove was one of 



the commonest, occurring in all the large woods. Its coo is 

 like that of the English Turtle, but more hurried and harsher. 

 It is called by the Chinese there the " Luy-vong-tuy^' (the 

 Thunder-king^s Dove). I shot several, of both sexes. The iris 

 is composed of two circles, the inner one narrow and white, the 

 outer broad and purplish-pink. The female and immature bird 



