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retains flavogidaris as a distinct species, I myself think that 

 there is no doubt but that it must be treated as a synonyme of 

 pompadora. 



Mr. Oates says : " I have procured this bird both in the 

 Arracan and the Pegu Hills. As stated above, it is never found 

 in the plains. It has similar habits to C. viridifrons, feeding in 

 large flocks on fruits and wandering about a good deal in search 

 of them. When shot, they seldom drop to the ground till their 

 bodies have become cold ; their feet appear instinctively to clasp 

 a branch. 



" I have no measurements of this species, except the lengths 

 of two. A male from the Arracan Hills was ll'l, and a male 

 from the Pegu Hills 117. 



" The buff patch on the breast and the very different bill are 

 sufficient to discriminate this from T. nipalensis, and I do not 

 know why I should have confounded them." 



I do not find that the sexes differ much in size ; but some 

 males are bigger than any females. The following are the di- 

 mensions and colors of the soft parts, which have been recorded 

 at various times from numerous fresh specimens : — 



Length, 1075 to 11*75 ; expanse, 18*46 to 19*5; tail, from 

 vent, 3-37 to 4-0 ; wing, 6-0 to 6-25 - tarsus, 082 to 0-95 ; bill, 

 from gape, 0*82 to 1*0; weight, 4*5 to 6 oz. The legs and feet 

 vary from purplish pink to lake red ; the irides have an inner 

 ring, at times not very apparent, of deep blue, an outer one of 

 salmon pink ; the eyelids, bluish or pale plumbeous. The bill 

 is pale bluish, the basal portion darker. 



778.— Sphenocercus sphenurus, Vigors, 



At the foot of the hills near Tonghoo Mr. Oates shot a Green 

 Pigeon, which he identified (and to judge from his description, 

 for he was unable to preserve the skin, correctly so) with the 

 present species. 



780.— Carpophaga senea, Lin. 



Mr. Oates remarks : " This species is a common bird, both hi 

 hills and plains, and equally common in the Arracan Hills/'' 



793. — Turtur meena, Si/kes. 



I cannot understand why Mr. Gray unites meena with rupi- 

 cola, Pall. In the first place, as already mentioned (Lahore to 

 Yarkand, pp. 121, et seq.), I at one time fancied that rnpicola, 

 Pall., was a Pigeon and not a Dove, and identical with rupestris, 

 Bonap. In the second place, supposing rnpicola, Pall., to be equal 

 to the oriental form of auriltis, which oriental form divides itself 



