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14. OSMOTRERON EVERETTI Rothschild. 



EVERETT'S GREEN PIGEON. 



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



(part). 

 Osmotreron everetti ROTHSCHILD, Nov. Zool. (1894), 1, 41; McGBEGOB and 



WOBCESTEB, Hand-List (1906), 9. 



Bongao (Everett); Meimbun (Everett?) ; Sibutu (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, 

 Guillemard, Everett). 



"Osmotreron cveretti resembles 0. axillaris from the Philippines, but 

 is altogether a larger bird ; the purplish chestnut mantle is bordered above 

 by a very conspicuous interscapulary band of lavender-gray, of the same 

 color as the crown; this color is of a lighter shade than in 0. axilla r if 

 and the interscapulary band is much less distinct and not so pure gray 

 in the latter. In 0. cveretti the green of the neck and breast is a shade 

 lighter and more tinged with yellow, the abdomen paler and more grayish 

 along the middle. Length, about 279 ; wing, 161 to IHo ( 9 102 to 165) : 

 tail, 91 to 92; bill, 19; tarsus, 23. 'Iris greenish silvery' (Everett) ; k in^ 

 pearly green; bill rod at base, blue at tip; feet pale slate.' (Guillemard.) 

 1 have no female of true 0. axillaris to compare, but the female of 

 0. everetti seems to be the larger, and the mantle much darker olive." 

 (Rothschild.) 



1 have seen no specimens of Everett's green pigeon. 



15. OSMOTRERON VERNANS (Linnaeus) . 



PINK-NECKED GREEN PIGEON. 



Columba vernans LINNAEUS, Mantissa Plantarum (1771), 526. 



Osmotreron vernans SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 60; 

 SHABPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 54; GATES, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 

 1, 83; McGBEGOB and WOBCESTEB. Hand-List (1906), 9. 



Pu-nay, in general use. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor)-, 

 Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Cebu 

 (Everett, McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Luzon 

 (Meyer, Heriot, Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Masbate (Bourns & Worcester) ; Minda- 

 nao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Good fellow) ; Mindoro (McGregor. 

 Porter) ; Negros (Bourns d Worcester, Keay) ; Palawan (Everett, Platen, Wlntr- 

 head, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, White) ; Panay (Steere, Steere />/.. 

 Bourns d Worcester) ; Siasi (Guillemard) ; Sibay (Porter) ; Siquijor (Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) . Celebes, Malay Peninsula. Indo-Malay 

 Islands, Indo-Chinese provinces. 



Adult male. Head, chin, and upper throat blue-gray, darkest on 

 crown; forehead, sides of face, chin, and throat faintly greenish; neck 

 all round and sides of head behind eye lavender-gray, forming a narrow 

 band on hind neck and a wide patch on lower throat, followed by a 

 patch of deep orange on breast ; lower breast and abdomen yellowish green, 



