THE YELLOW-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON. 307 



Genus CROCOPUS, Bonap. 



666. CEOCOPUS VIRIDIFRONS. 

 THE YELLOW-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON. 



Treron viridifrons, Bl J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 849. Crocopus viridifrons, Hume, 

 S. F. 'iii. p. 161 ; Bl B. Burm. p. 143 j Gates, S. F. v. p. 163 ; Anders. Yunnan 

 Exped. p. 664; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 410 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 109 ; Bing- 

 ham, S. F. ix. p. 194 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 235. 



Description. Male and female. Lores, forehead, cheeks, throat, breast 

 sides and back of the neck deep yellow ; ear-coverts, crown, nape and a 

 band across the back of the nape ashy ; abdomen, sides of the body and 

 under wing-coverts ashy thighs bright yellow ; 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 ; greater coverts dark brown broadly edged 

 with yellow ; basal half of the tail yellow, terminal half and upper coverts 

 ashy. 



Iris blue with an outer circle of pink ; eyelids plumbeous ; mouth flesh- 

 colour ; soft parts of the bill greenish, hard parts bluish white ; legs 

 orange-yellow; claws bluish. 



Length 12'8 inches, tail 4'7, wing 7*5, tarsus 1, bill from gape 1. The 

 female is a little smaller. 



This Pigeon differs from its Indian ally, C. phcenicopterus, in having the 

 forehead and basal half of the tail green. 



The Pigeons of this genus have a distinct style of coloration ; the sexes 

 are alike, and the legs are yellow ; the third primary is sinuated on the 

 inner web. 



The Yellow-fronted Green Pigeon is spread over the whole Province, 

 alike in the hills and plains, as far south as Moulmein; and Capt. Bingham 

 observed it in the Thoungyeeu valley. Dr. Armstrong did not meet with 

 it in the Irrawaddy delta ; but I think it will probably be found in that 

 part of the country. 



It extends to the north through the Indo-Burmese countries to Cachar, 

 and eastwards to Cochin China. 



This species is perhaps not so abundant as some of the other species ; 

 but it is more generally met with wherever there are suitable fruit-bearing 

 trees. I fouud the nest in Pegu in April, Capt. Bingham in Tenasserim 

 in March. The nest is placed in low trees ; and the eggs are two in number. 



