10 COLUMBIA. 



The female has not the chestnut on the mantle, which is olive- 

 green, and has more green on the basal part of the lower tail- 

 coverts than the male. 



Bill glaucous-green, paling to bluish on the apical portion ; 

 irides carmine-red, with a cobalt inner circle ; eyelids glaucous - 

 green ; legs and feet purple red (Leyge). 



Length about 1O5; tail 3*6; wing 5-6; tarsus '8; bill from 

 gape *9. 



Distribution. Ceylon, throughout the inland forests and well- 

 wooded districts. Jerdon states that this pigeon occurs in Southern 

 India, and he once described a bird tflat he shot in Malabar, and 

 which possessed the characters of the present species, but no speci- 

 men appears to have been obtained in Southern India by any 

 other collector. 



Habits, fyc. Similar to those of other species. The eggs measure 

 about 1*16 by *88, according to Mr. Parker. 



1276. Osmotreron chloroptera. The Andaman Green Pigeon. 



Treron chloroptera, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 852 (1845) ; id. Cat. 

 p. 229. 



Osmotreron chloroptera, Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 465 ; Bf.avan 8f Tytler, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 331 ; Ball, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 286 : id. S. F. i, 

 p. 78; Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 313; Hume, S. F. ii,'p. 258; Hi, 

 p. 162; vi. p. 4.14; id. Cat. no. 777 bis .; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, 

 p. 49. 



Coloration. Male above very similar to 0. pliayrei, except that 

 the grey of the crown and nape is lighter, french-grey rather than 

 ashy ; the chestnut of the mantle is duller and does not extend on 

 to the wings far beyond the scapulars, most of the smaller coverts 

 being green ; the lower back and upper tail-coverts are a more 

 yellow-green than the middle tail-feathers ; beneath there is no 

 orange on the breast, all the lower parts are light yellowish green 

 to the lower abdomen, the feathers of which and of the lower tail- 

 coverts are dark green with yellowish-white tips edged with 

 yellow. 



The female, as usual, lacks the maroon on the mantle ; the grey 

 of the cap is generally ill-defined, and passes into green at the 

 sides ; the under tail-coverts as in the male. 



Soft parts as in 0. phayrei. Size larger : length about 12'5 ; 

 tail 4 ; wing 6'75 ; tarsus 1 ; bill from gape 1*05. 



Distribution. The Andaman and Mcobar Islands. 



1277. Osmotreron fulvicollis. The Cinnamon-headed Green 

 Pigeon. 



Columba fulvicollis, Wagl. Syst. Av., Columba, sp. 8 (1827). 



Osmotreron fulvicollis, Bonap. Consp. Av. ii, p. 14; Hume, S. F. 

 iv, p. 224 ; id. Cat. no. 776 bis ; Hume # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 413 

 Gates, B. B. ii, p. 311 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 52. 



