LEUCOTRERON. 37 



a 1 . First primary abruptly attenuated. 



ft 1 . Tail rather long; pectoral feathers not bifurcated Leucotreron (p. 37) 



6 2 . Tail moderate; pectoral feathers bifurcated Lamprotreron (p. 40) 



a 3 . First primary not so abruptly attenuated; slightly narrowed at tip. 



Spilotreron (p. 41) 



Genus LEUCOTRERON" Bonaparte, 1854. 



First primary with both webs greatly reduced in width near the tip; 

 tail square; tarsus feathered for more than half its length. Forest in- 

 habiting pigeons of medium size. 



Species. 



a 1 . Larger, length, 330 mm. or more; under tail-coverts green or gray, broadly 

 edged with buff. 



6 1 . Secondaries uniform green occipitalis (p. 37) 



6 2 . Secondaries with a conspicuous red patch marchei (p. 38) 



2 . Smaller, length, 300 mm. or less; under tail-coverts uniform, dark cinnamon. 



leclancheri (p. 39) 



26. LEUCOTRERON OCCIPITALIS (Bonaparte). 

 YELLOW-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON. 



Ramphiculus occipitalis BONAPARTE, Consp. Gen. Avium (1854), 2, 17. 

 Xenotreron incognita TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 832. 

 Ptilopus occipitalis SALVADOBI, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 72. 

 Leucotreron occipitalis SHABPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55; MCGREGOR and 

 WORCESTER, Hand-List (1907), 10. 



Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Leyte (Steere Exp.) ; Luzon (Meyer, Steere Exp., Whitehead, 

 McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (Bourns & 

 Worcester, McGregor}-, Negros (Whitehead}', Samar (Bourns & Worcester)-, 

 Sibuyan (McGregor). 



Adult (sexes alike). Forehead pale gray with a yellow wash, blending 

 into light slate-gray mixed with green on center of crown; on back of 

 head a wide band of dark purple or deep cherry-red,, extending over ear- 

 coverts and sides of face below the eyes; remainder of upper parts, in- 

 cluding wings and tail, nearly uniform, rich green; rectrices and quills 

 partly blue when held toward the light ; whole upper parts slightly bronze 

 away from the light; feathers of chin and upper throat white with a 

 yellow wash on tips; lower throat and sides' of neck and breast light 

 gray; breast covered by a large oval patch of old-gold-yellow, just behind 

 this a broad band of deep purple; middle of abdomen pearl-gray and 

 white; sides and flanks green; under tail-coverts light buff, the inner 

 webs largely green; rectrices gray below with light gray tips, above very 

 narrowly edged with light ocherous ; some of the primaries and secondaries 

 narrowly edged with buff; tips of the green tarsal feathers reaching 



