286 CARPOPHAGIN^E. 



and breast, too, are less tinged with yellow, and shade gradually 

 into the green of the belly ; there is no trace of green upon the 

 tail, except at its extreme base, which is uniformly ash above. 



The Southern Green Pigeon occurs in suitable localities in all 

 parts of the Presidency, but it is very rare in Sind, having 

 only been obtained near the frontier at Jacobabad. It is a per- 

 manent resident, making the usual dove-like nest. The eggs, 

 two in number, are oval in shape, and glossy pure white in color. 

 They measure T25 inches in length by 0'95 in breadth. 



GENUS, Osmotreron, Bonap. 



Bill as in Grocopus, but more slender ; legs always red ; sexes 

 differ conspicuously in plumage ; of small size. 



Osmotreron malabarica, Jerdon. 



775. Jerdon's Birds of India, Yol. II, p. 450 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 419. 



THE GREY-FRONTED GREEN PIGEON. 

 \PlJ^7 length, 10'5 ; expanse, 18 ; wing, 575 ; tail, 4. 



/ Bill glaucous-green ; irides red, with an outer circle of blue ; 

 / legs pinky-red. 



Male : forehead pale ashy, or whitish-grey ; mantle and wing- 

 coverts maroon ; the rest of the upper parts, with thirldres,~~eye- 

 brow, face, and 1 ear-coverts, green ; wing-coverts broadly edged 

 with bright yellow, and wing feathers more or less edged with the 

 same ; tail green at the base, broadly tipped with ashy-white, 

 and with a medial dark band, and the outermost feathers more 

 or less marked with deep ashy on the inner webs ; beneath green, 

 yellowish on the throat and neck, and mixed with pale-yellow on 

 the vent and thigh-coverts ; under tail-coverts cinnamon. 



The female differs in wanting the maroon color, and in the 

 under tail-coverts being mingled ashy arid white. 



The Grey-fronted Green Pigeon occurs sparingly all along the 

 Sahyadri Range as far north as Khandalla, extending also to the 

 well- wooded tracts of Ratnagari. 



SUB-FAMILY, Carpophaginae. 



Bill lengthened and slender, tolerably depressed at the base, 

 with the terminal third or less of the upper mandible corneous ; 

 wings long ; tail even, or slightly rounded, longer than in the 

 Treronince ; feet strong, with broad soles ; tarsus well feathered. 



GENUS, Carpophaga, Selfy. 



The characters are the same as those of the sub-family ; 

 plumage glossy metallic-green, or coppery-brown above ; of large 

 size. 



