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district in 1864-65 ; at least I presume it must have been this, 

 and not C. chlorogaster, Blyth, since Dr. Jerdon mentions that 

 Col. Tickell procured it in the same tract of country (as that 

 about Phuteeala, a village near Ambekanuggur, in Maunbhoom) 

 where I observed it in February 1865, in small flocks of seven 

 and eight. I found that Dr. Jerdon's description of the specific 

 differences between the two species was not sufficient without 

 having specimens of both by one, or minute enough to enable 

 one to distinguish between them. I copy the following from 

 my note-book : — 



" Irides blue, surrounded by carmine, which gives a purplish 

 hue to the eye where the two colours meet. Feet light yellow, 

 claws pale blue. Bill horny white. The note is a kind of 

 warbling whistle (it maybe syllabled " teeuu-toi-toi-teeu-u ") 

 uttered slowly and with distinctness, generally when two or 

 three are seated near each other at the top of some shady fig or 

 other tree in fruit." 



I have found them common throughout the hills bordering 

 the Grand Trunk-road from Rancegunge upwards. In Maun- 

 bhoom they generally frequent the same kind of cover ; and 

 when once one finds out a tree in fruit which is frequented by 

 them, it may be visited day after day, and each visit will be 

 rewarded by one or two specimens, which are highly esteemed 

 for the pot. Each flock seems to frequent a certain number of 

 trees, such as the peepul, banyan, or other Fici v/hen in fruit ; 

 and when disturbed from one, they fly off to the next, thus 

 taking them all in turn. The species breeds in Maunbhoom, 

 where I procured several specimens of the eggs in April 1865. 

 They are of course white, two in a nest, and differ from ordinary 

 Pigeons^ eggs in being more blunt and rounder at the ends. 

 This species also occurs sometimes about Umballah, according 

 to the late Dr. Scott. 



774. OsMOTRERON BiciNCTA. Orange-breastedGrcenPigeon. 



I met with this beautiful species in some abundance in the hilly 

 and forest-covered parts of the Maunbhoom district, especially 

 near Ambekanuggur in December 1864, and, in January 1865, 

 among the Jubee Hills. It was tolerably common there in the 



