OSMOTRERON. 499 



and has only been found on the frontier, at Jacobabad. Breeds from March 

 to June, nesting on trees. Eggs two in number, pure white and glossy, riz 

 to 1*3 a length by .0*9 to i-o in breadth. 



1143. Crocopus viridifrons (Biytk), Hume, Str. F. \\\. p. 161 ; 



Blyth, B. Burm. p. 143 ; Oates, Str. F. v. p. 163 ; Anders., Yunnan Exped* 

 p. 664; Hume and Dav., Sir. F.vi. p. 410; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 109; 

 Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 194; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 235; id., B. Br. 

 Burm. ii. p. 307. The YELLOW-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON. 



Lores, forehead, cheeks, throat, breast, sides and back of the neck and thighs 

 deep yellow ; ear coverts, crown, nape, and a band across the nape ashy ; also 

 the abdomen, sides of the body and under wing coverts ; vent mixed yellow 

 and ashy ; under tail coverts maroon, tipped with white ; back, scapulars, 

 tertiaries, rump and lesser wing coverts dull green, a patch of lilac near the 

 bend of the wing ; winglet and primary coverts dark brown ; quills dark 

 brown, edged with yellow j greater coverts dark brown, broadly edged with 

 yellow ; basal half of tail greenish yellow ; terminal half of tail and upper tail 

 coverts ashy. (Oates.) Irides blue, the outer circle pink; eyelids plumbeous ; 

 legs orange yellow. 



Length. 12-5 to i2'8 inches; tail 47; wing 7-5 ; tarsus ri j. bill from 

 gape i. 



Hab. British Burmah, where it is said to be extremely common, and spread 

 over the whole Province alike in the hills and plains. It extends through the 

 Indo-Burmese countries to Cachar, and eastwards to Cochin-China. Breeds in 

 April. Nest placed in low trees. Eggs white, two in number. 



Gen. Osmotreron Bonap. 



General characters as in Crocopus ; bill more slender ; legs red ; sexes differ 

 much in plumage. 



1144. Osmotreron bicincta, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 449; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 493 ; Blyth and WakL, B. Burm. p.. 144 j Arm- 

 strong, Str. F. iv. p. 337; Oates, Str. F. vi. p. 163 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. 

 vi. p. 411; Hume, Str. /'.viii, p. 109; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 725; Oates, 

 Str. F. x. p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 308. The ORANGE-BREASTED 

 GREEN PIGEON. 



Upper surface of the body, including the lesser wing coverts, tertiaries and 

 greater wing coverts green, the two latter broadly edged on the external web 

 with yellow ; winglet, primaries, and the primary coverts black ; secondaries 

 also black, narrowly margined with yellow ; occipital region, nape, hind neck 

 under wing coverts, axillaries, sides of the body, and central tail feathers ashy ; 

 other tail feathers dark ashy, all tipped with greyish white ; forehead, front of 

 crown, sides of the head and neck, chin, throat, abdomen, and vent yellowish 

 green ; flanks yellow, streaked with dark green ; breast orange, separated from 



