502 TRERONID^E. 



Hab.-~ Tenasserim, in the extreme south, extending down the Malay Penin- 

 sula, and occurring in Sumatra, Borneo, and the Phillipines. 



1149, Osmotreron pompadoura (Gmet.), Jerd, B. ind. iii. 



p. 452, No, 777; Hume, Sir. F. iii, p. 162; vi. p. 414. Osmotreron 

 flavogularis, Blyth, J. A. S< B. xxvi. p. 225. The YELLOW-FRONTED 

 GREEN PIGEON. 



Like Osmotreron malabarica ; differs in having a yellowish forehead, pure 

 yellow throat, no buff patch on the breast, and the under tail coverts are green 

 in both sexes, with broad whitish tips ; bill glaucous green ; irides red, with 

 an outer blue circle. 



Length. IO'5 inches; tail 4; wing 575. 



Hab. South India, 



Osmotreron chloroptera is said to occur in the Andamans and Nicobar 

 Islands, 



Gen. SphenOCercUS. Gray. 



Bill moderately slender and lengthened, the basal two-thirds soft and 

 tumid ; corneous extremity feeble ; a small wide space round the eyes ; third 

 primary not sinuated ; tail with the central feathers much elongated and 

 narrow ; soles of feet slender, 



1150. Sphenocercus sphenurus (Vigors), Jerd., B. ind. \\. 



p. 453; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 494; id., Sir. F. iii. p. 163; 

 Wald. in Blyth' s B. Burm. p. 144; Hume and Dav., Sir. F, vi. p. 415 ; 

 Hume, Sir. F, vii. p. 109; Scully, Sir. F. viii. p. 339; Gates, Sir. F. x. 

 p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 304. Vinago sphenurus, Vigors^ P. Z. S., 

 1831, p. 173. The WEDGE-TAILED GREEN PIGEON or the KOKLA. 



Plumage green, with a ruddy tinge on the head and breast ; shoulder of wing 

 and mantle maroon ; wing coverts, tertiaries, back, rump and upper tail coverts 

 dark dull green ; upper back slaty green ; quills dusky or dark brown ; tail 

 green, the outer feathers slate colour, and with a dark subterminal band ; 

 greater wing coverts and secondaries narrowly margined with yellow ; under 

 surface of the body green ; part of the throat, and entire breast suffused with 

 orange buff; vent and under tail coverts pale cinnamon. The female has not 

 the orange buff colour on the breast, and the under tail coverts are mixed 

 white and green ; bill glaucous blue, albescent at the tip ; irides blue, with 

 an outer circle of red ; orbital skin pale blue ; legs coral red. 



Length, 13 inches; tail 5*5 ; wing 7 ; bill at front Q'75. 



Hab. Himalayas, extending into Assam and Sylhet, ascending as high as 

 from 4,000 to 8,000 feet. Found also in Pegu. Jerdon says it is common at 

 Darjeeling, and that at Mussoorie they leave in October and return to breed 

 in April. Nest made on trees, composed of twigs. Eggs two in number, 

 jpure white; 



