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SphenoG&cus pseudo-crocopus is an easily distinguished species and the only known 

 species, with which it may be mistaken, is Crocopus p/ui>iic<jpl( rus viridifrons, ))iic}i\isc of 

 its similar eolouration. 



Unfortunately I did not take any records of the eolour of the soft part of the bil] 

 and of the naked skin rouncl the eye, bnt most probably (hese parts had the eolour which 

 lias been painted by the artist (vide plate 3, fig. 1). 



338. Crocopus phaenicopterus viridifrons. Blyth. The Burmese Green Pigeon. 



Crocopus phcenicopterus viridifrons: Gyldenstolpe 111 p. 234. 

 Crocopus viridifrons: Gyldenstolpe I p. 65: Gyldenstolpe II. 

 Crocopus phaenicopterus: Barton p. 107. 

 Treron pheenicoptera : Schomburgk p. 210. 



°. Meli Lua 8 /s 1914. L = 316 mm.; W= 179 mm.; T 109 mm.; C =- 17 mm. — Irides: reddish 

 yellow. Bill: whitish grey. Legs: yellow. 



The Burmese Green Pigeon was sparsely distributed throughout the Northern 

 Portions of the country, but it was never met with in real dense forests nor at any con- 

 siderable altitude. It probably never ascends the higher hills, keeping exclusively to 

 the plains. It occurs either single or in small flocks but never as some of the other kind 

 of Green Pigeons in large flocks or even associating with them. 



Outside Siamese Territory it has been found in Burma as far south as Moulmein 

 and to the southeast it reaches to Cochin China. 



339. Butreron capellii. Temm. The Large Thick-billed Green Pigeon. 



Butreron capelli: Robinson & Kloss p. 673. 

 Butreron capéllei: Grant p. 122; Bonhote p. 76. 



The Large Thick-billed Green Pigeon is apparently very rare in Siarn, where it, 

 however, even occurs as far north as to Lat. N. 19°. 



During my stay in Siarn I only observed this beautiful species at two different occa- 

 sions, but no specimens were preserved. However, Mr. E. Eisenhofer's native collector 

 obtained a fine specimen at the neighbourhood of Koon Tan during my stay there in 

 April 1914. 



340. Treron nipalensis. Hodgs. The Thick-billed Green Pigeon. 



Treron nepalensis: Gyldenstolpe I p. 65; Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 234; Robinson & Kloss p. 674; 



Gairdner p. 151. 

 Treron nipalensis: Robinson II p. 140. 

 Treron curvirostra nipalensis: Robinson III p. 721. 



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