498 TRERONID^E. 



Gen. CrOCOpUS. 



Characters those of the Sub-Family ; basal portion of bill with the fleshy 

 protuberance occupying one-half its length or nearly as much ; third primary 

 sinuated on its inner web. 



1141. CroCOpUS phcenicopterus (Lath.), Jerd., B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 447, No. 772; Hume, Sir. F. ii. p. 423. Crocopus Hardwickii, Gould, 

 Cent. Him. B. pi. 58. The BENGAL GREEN PIGEON. 



Top of head and demicollar ashy /grey ; back of the neck yellowish green ; 

 forehead tinged with greenish ; wing coverts lilac, the greater series margined 

 yellow, forming an oblique bar across the wing ; tail ashy grey above, and for 

 the terminal two-fifths tinged with green ; middle portion blackish ; neck in 

 front and breast bright yellow green ; middle of abdomen ashy grey ; vent 

 white and green ; lower abdomen bright yellowish green ; under tail coverts 

 dull maroon, and with white tips ; bill whitish ; feet yellow; irides carmine; 

 eyelids smalt blue. 



Length. 12-5 inches ; tail 5 ; wing 7-5 ; bill at gape 0*9. 



Hab. Bengal and Upper India, extending to Assam, Sylhet and Tipperah. 

 Found in the Eastern portions of Rajpootana, the Punjab, Central and N.-W. 

 Provinces and Oudh ; also in Central India. Breeds from March to June, in 

 trees. Eggs two in nnmber, of an oval shape, white and glossy, varying in 

 length from ri6 to i'3S inch, and in breadth from o'9 to i inch. 



1142. Crocopus chlorigaster, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xvii. p. 167 ; 



Jerd., Hi. p. 448, No. 773 ; Str. F. ii. p. 423; Murray, Hdbk., Zool. fyc., 

 Sind, p. 193 ; Tern. Pig. t. 2. C. jerdoni, Strickl. The SOUTHERN GREEN 

 PIGEON. 



Forehead, crown and nape ashy grey, as also are the lores, sides of the face 

 and ear coverts ; neck behind yellowish green, followed on the upper back by 

 a narrow band of ashy grey ; back, scapulars, rump and upper tail coverts 

 green, slightly tinged with yellowish on the scapulars; primaries dusky brown, 

 margined on their outer web with pale yellow ; the wing coverts broadly 

 margined with the same colour, forming an oblique wing bar ; shoulder of 

 wing lilac ; tail above greenish at base and ashy grey for the terminal half ; 

 under tail coverts dull maroon, the feathers broadly tipped with white ; chin 

 and throat greenish yellow ; neck in front, breast and abdomen bright yellow, 

 tinged greenish on the flanks ; vent mixed green and white ; bill whitish ; legs 

 and feet yellow ; irides carmine. 



Length. 1 1*75 to 12-5 inches ; wing 7 ; tail 5 ; bill at front 075. 



Hab. Nearly throughout the Peninsula of India and Ceylon (Jerd^, Mala- 

 bar Coast, Madras and Southern India generally ; Lower Bengal, Oudh, Central 

 Provinces, Khandeish, the Deccan, Sind, and North Guzerat. Rare in Sind, 



