OSMOTRERON. 27 



Species. 

 a 1 . Tail green above. 



6 1 . Smaller; green of neck and breast lighter and more tinged with yellow. 



axillaris (p. 27) 



& a . Larger; green of neck and breast darker everetti (p. 28) 



a 2 . Tail bluish slate above with a subterminal black bar vernans (p. 28) 



13. OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS (Bonaparte). 

 PHILIPPINE GREEN PIGEON. 



Treron axillaris BONAPARTE, Compt. Rend. (1854), 39, 875. 



Osmotreron axillaris SALVADORI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 48, 



pi. 4; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 54; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, 



Hand-List (1906), 9. 



Pu-nay, in general use. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Catanduanes (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Everett, McGregor)-, Dinagat (Everett)-, 

 Guimaras (Meyer, Murray, Steere Exp.) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Everett, 

 Meyer, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Masbate (McGregor) ; Mindanao (Steere, Everett, 

 Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino) ; 

 Mindoro (Everett, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett, Keay) ; 

 Panay (Murray, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon (McGregor) ; Samar 

 ( Whitehead ) ; Semirara (Worcester); Sibay (Porter); Siquijor (Bourns & 

 Worcester, Celestino} ; Tablas (Celestino); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); 

 Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). 



Adult male. Top of head and a narrow band in front of mantle pearl- 

 gray, darker on crown; mantle and lesser coverts rich maroon, forming 

 a wide band across the back; rest of upper parts (except wings) and 

 lower parts, except as beyond, yellowish green, duller and greener on 

 neck and face, darker and richer on rump and tail-coverts, lighter and 

 yellower on lower parts; flanks and thighs dark olive-green; under tail- 

 coverts white, their tips light yellow; wings black; inner secondaries, 

 and median and greater coverts edged with clear lemon-yellow; outer 

 secondaries edged with pale straw-yellow; tail black below with a wide, 

 gray terminal band. Iris light glistening blue; bill dark red at base, 

 bluish beyond nostrils; feet and nails lead-blue. Length, 280 to 305; 

 three males measure: Wing, 153 to 158; tail, 98 to 100; culmen from 

 base, 20 to 23; tarsus, 23 to 24. 



Adult female. Somewhat similar to the male but general coloration 

 darker and greener ; edging of wing-coverts paler ; maroon of mantle and 

 wings and gray band in front of mantle wanting ; under tail-coverts with 

 narrow, dark-green shaft-lines. A female from Lubang measures : Wing, 

 165; tail, 104; culmen from base, 21; tarsus, 22. 



This very showy dove is usually found feeding in fruit trees and often 

 in company with the smaller, congeneric species, 0. vernans, but the 

 latter is a much rarer bird. 



