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Davison, S. F. x, p. 406 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 286 ; Oates in 

 Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 375 ; Davidson, Jour. Bom. N. H. 

 Soc. v, p. 329 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 45. 

 Osmotreron affinis (Jerdon}, Walden, Tr. Zool. Sue. ix, p. 212. 



Poda putsa guwa, Tel. 



Differs from 0. pJiayrei in having the crown lighter ashy, the 

 area occupied by the colour being less extensive and ill-defined, 

 blending gradually into the green of the sides of the head and back 

 of the neck, especially at the nape. The male, too, wants the orange 

 of the breast, and the mantle is duller and deeper red with a 

 vinous or purplish tinge. 



Horny portion of bill bluish white ; rest of bill pale bluish 

 green ; irides, outer ring pink, inner bright pale blue ; legs and feet 

 lake-pink, claws bluish white (Davison). 



Length about 1O75 ; tail 3'6 ; wing 5'75 ; tarsus *8 ; bill from 

 gape -9. 



Distribution. Forests of the Malabar coast from the neighbour- 

 hood of Bombay to Cape Comorin. Jerdon states that he also 

 obtained this pigeon in " Central India " and in the Eastern Ghats, 

 but neither the late Dr. V. Ball nor I met with this species in the 

 area specified; the name does not occur in either of the lists of 

 Shevroy birds for which I am indebted to Mr. Daly and Dr. Warth, 

 and no one, so far as I know, has obtained this bird away from the 

 Malabar coast since J^rdon's time *. 



Habits, 6fc. Eggs, measuring about 1*08 by *85, have been taken 

 from January to April. 



1275. Osmotreron pompadora. The Pompadour Green Pigeon. 



Columba pompadora, Gm. Syst. Nat. \, p. 775 (1788). 



Treron pompadora, JBlyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 356. 



Treron tiavogularis, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xxvi, p. 225 (1857). 



Osmotreron tiavogularis, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 344 ; Jerdon, B. I. 



iii, p. 452 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45 ; 1867, p. 148 ; Legge, Ibis, 



1874, p. 25. 

 Osmotreron pompadora, Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 465; Hume, 



S. F iii, p. 162; vi, p. 414 ; id. Cat. no. 777; Legge. Birds Ccyl. 



p. 728; Parker, S. F. ix, p. 481; Layard, Ibis,' 1880, p. 283; 



Salvador^ Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 51. 



Batia-(/oya, Cing. ; Patcha-prdd, Alam-prad, Tamul in Ceylon. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, lores, and cheeks greenish yellow, 

 becoming purer yellow on the chin and throat and ashy green on 

 the vertex ; rest of the upper parts as in 0. phayrei, except that the 

 mantle is of a duller red, as in 0. affinis. Lower parts from 

 throat green ; lower flanks dark green tipped with yellowish ; 

 lower tail-coverts buff. 



* It is a very rare thing for Jerdon to be mistaken, but it should be borne in 

 mind that he depended chiefly on his memory, which was singularly good, 

 for localities, and, as a rule, neither labelled his specimens nor kept them iii his 

 own possession. 



