gQQ Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. 



Ibis 1890, 134; (9) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise in Ost-Ind. 1893, m, 281; 

 (10) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1893, LH, 202. 



c. Treron viridis (Scop.), (1) Wall., Ibis 1865, 374. 



Osmotreron vernans (1) Bp., Consp. 11, 1854, 12; (IIj id.. Icon, des Pig. 1857, pi. XIII; 

 (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. Vm, 1872, 81, 113; (4) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, VI, 

 411; (5) Hume, t. c. 414; (6) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 726; (7) Kelham, Vim 

 1881, 526; (8) Salvad., Orn. Pap. m, 1882, 3; (9) Gates, B. Brit. Biirmah 18S3, 

 n, 309; (10) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 268, 416, 509; (11) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 

 1886, 127; (12) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1886, (2) IV, 523, 557; (13) Whitehd., 

 Ibis 1890, 56; (14) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 24; (15) Gates, 

 ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 1890, H, 375; (16) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. 1891, (2) XH, 73; (17) id., Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 60; (18) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 

 242, 257; (19) Steere, t. c. 418; (20) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1894, 482; (21) Bourns 

 & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 29; (2P") M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1896, 

 Nr. 2, p. 19; (22) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 163, 572, 594; (23) id., ib. 1897, 165. 



d. Osmotreron viridis (1) Hume, Str. F. 1873, I, 461; (2) A. Mlill., J. f. G. 1882, 430. 

 For further synonymy and references cf. Salvad. 17. 



Figure and descriptions. Bonaparte 77, 1; Hume d 1, 4; Sclilegel b 2; Gates .9; 

 Salvadori 17. 



Adnlt male. Saturate pea-green; bead, neck all round and jugulum dark grey, washed 

 on the forehead, sides of head, chin and middle of throat vnth greenish, on neck and 

 jugulum with vinaceous; quills black; the greater wing-coverts and tertiaries green, 

 broadly bordered with pale yellow; tail-feathers slate-grey, with a subterminal band 

 of black, narrowest on the middle feathers, tenninal margin slate-grey; tail below 

 black, tipped with grey; on breast a broad patch of bright ochi-aceous; sides of 

 body and the under wing-coverts and quills below (except a blackish portion 

 next the shaft) slate-grey; abdomen greenish yellow; crissum yellow; flanks yellow, 

 mixed with dark green and grey; under tail-coverts chestnut {(f, Palawan, 

 7. XL 87: Platen — Nr. 12535). 



"Iris composed of rings of yellow, pink and blue; bill green; feet dull jjink" 

 (Borneo, Whitehead b Sj. 



Measurements. Wing 147 mm; tail 100 c. ; tarsus 21.5; bill fi'om feathers of forehead 15. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the head and neck all round green, washed with 

 yellow on forehead, sides of head and throat; under tail -coverts redilish white, 

 becoming cinnamon-chestnut towards the middle of the feathers; no orange patch on 

 breast {Q, Palawan, 11. X. 87: Platen — C 12536). 



Young male. Resembles the female, but with some trace of the vinaceous purple colour on 

 the neck, and of the brown orange on the breast iSalvad. 17; [q^] imm. Mantehage, 

 April 93: Nat. Coll. — C 12290). 



Young female. Has the rufescent colour of the upper tail-coverts scarcely visible, and the 

 central tail-feathers more or less tinged with green 'Salvad. 17). 



Egg. "An egg taken in Salanga Id. measures 26 X 20.5 mm" (Nehrkorn MS.). Two in 

 number, white, 28 X 19 mm (Labuan — Whitehead b 8). Two in number, of a delicate 

 pink colour, but white when blown (Perak — Kelham 7). Gvals — moderately 

 broad to considerably elongated, obtuse at one end, often at both, pure white, with 

 little gloss (Tenasserim and Malay Penin. — Hume 15). 



Nest. Small, flat, loosely put together, composed of dry twigs, 6 to 10 feet from the ground 

 in bushes in swampy valleys (Perak — March, Kelh. 7). Davison (Tenasserim' 

 and Whitehead (Labuan) similarly describe it as nesting in bushes or shrubs. 



