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of lower plumage oil-green, the back of the tibia and feathers about the vent 

 bufE ; under tail-coverts deep chestnut-maroon, except a few of the shortest 

 lateral ones, which are buff ; under surface of wing dove-grey, the coverts 

 more or less mixed with green, axillaries and flanks greenish-grey. 



Colours of soft parts. " Iris deep brown or deep reddish brown ; bill 

 very pale whitish green, cere and gape bice green ; legs, feet, and eyelids 

 bright yellow, claws homy blue " (Davison). 



" Iris dark ash or golden yellow " (Hartert). 



" Orbits slightly bare, tinged yellow ; feet chrome yellow " (Wallace). 

 " Iris dull red ; eyelids, orbital skin, and feet yellow " (Butler). 



Weight 15 to 17 oz., according to Davison's notes. 



Measurements. Wing 7.65 in. to 8.2 ( = 194.3 to 208.2 mm.), tail 

 5 in. to 5.75 ( = 127.0 to 146.0 mm.), tarsus .8 in. to .9 ( = 20.3 to 22.8 mm.) ; 

 bill at front .85 in. to .95 ( = 21.5 to 24.1 mm.), and from gape about 1.3 in. 

 (about 33 mjn.). 



Blanford gives the tarsus as 1.1 in. (about 28 mm.). Length in the flesh 

 387-400 mm. (Butler). 



Adult female. Has the orange of the breast replaced by green strongly 

 suffused with golden-yellow, and showing up brightly against the adjoining 

 parts. The posterior feathers of the flanks and of the tibia are a darker 

 grey-green and more mixed with buff, and the under tail-coverts are buff 

 with dull brownish-green bases and centres. 



Colours of soft 'parts. " Legs and feet pale yellow, claws pale blue ; 

 hard part of bill greenish white, soft part plumbeous, irides deep brown and 

 edges of eyelids pale yellow. Weight about 13 oz." (Davison.) 



The measurements of the series of females in the British Museum do 

 not show any definite difference between the male and female, but the latter 

 is the slighter, lighter bird, and seems to have, on the whole, a somewhat 

 more slender bill. 



Distribution. The only instance of this Pigeon being found within 

 the limits of the area dealt with in this work, is that of a single bird obtained 

 by Dr. Anderson in Elphiastone Island near Mergui. Outside our limits 

 it is found in the Mergui Archipelago, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and Java. 



Nidification. Nothing yet known. 



There is practically nothing on record about this bird, but it 



appears to differ in no way in its habits from the other Fruit-Pigeons. 



