THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 29 
The Southern Green Pigeon is both a common and permanent 
resident, and is strictly frugivorous, being very fond of the 
berries of the banian and other Fici, in quest of which it will 
enter gardens and compounds freely. The natives here errone- 
ously believe that it never descends to the ground, and even 
pretend that, when shot, it loses about a pound in weight the 
moment it comes in contact with it! If asked how it manages 
to quench its thirst, they will tell you that it settles upon a 
reed, which bends over with the weight of the bird and enables 
it to drink! Be all these “yarns” as they may, it is a rare 
occurrence to see a Green Pigeon on the ground—still rarer 
to see it drinking.* I have taken nests as follows :— 
June 6th ... .-» nest and 2 eggs (fresh). 
wi URED! aaa aes 9 g Gis) 
duly ard. :.. diet 
99 39 ” 
Average measurement of 6 eggs ... 1:27 by °95 inches. 
Measurement of largestege  ... 1°32 ,, ‘94 ,, 
Measuremeut of smallest egg ... 1:19 ,, ‘96 ,, 
The nests, small platforms of twigs, were all high up in 
mangoe trees. 
There is, I am inclined to think, another species of Green 
Pigeon found in the Division, but not having seen it of late 
years, I am unable to identify it. 
787.—Palumbeena eversmanni, Bp. Native name— 
Pahari Kabutar. 
The Indian Stock Pigeon makes its appearance in vast flocks 
in March and April when the spring crops are ripening and 
being cut, and disappears in the beginning of May. They 
invariably rest during the heat of the day, and throughout the 
night, in mangoe topes, and if undisturbed keep to the same 
grove for days and even weeks together. 
788.—Columba intermedia, Strickl. Native name— 
Kabutar, 
The Indian Blue Rock Pigeon is a common and permanent 
resident, frequenting the mosques, tombs, minarets and palaces 
of Lucknow in vast numbers, notwithstanding the many daily 
caught and sold for domestic use. The natives here do not 
venerate it as they do in Rajputana. It breeds, I think, all the 
year round in and about the buildings it frequents. 
Average measurement of 12 eggs 1:46 by 1°10 inches. 
Measurement of largestege ...1°50 ,, 1:20 ,, 
Measurement of smallest egg ... 1:32 ,, 1:06 ,, 
* But do they ever drink? I think not.—Ed. 
