so 
AVES. 
you make any loud noise or show yourself suddenly, all dis- 
.appear in a moment : perhaps one or two may fly olf with a 
swift hut laborious action of the wings ; but the majority hide 
behind branches ; In a minute or so, if all is quiet, you will 
see a head peer out from behind some snag, and after looking 
round and seeing nothing, a croak of satisfaction brings out 
two or three more heads, but not a body is seen till all the 
heads are perfectly satisfied of their safety ; at last they all 
come out and chatter together most vociferously for a minute 
or two before they go on feeding : though apparently so wary, 
they rarely leave the tree they are examining, even if fired 
at. 
Order Columbaj. 
Fain. Columtidse. 
SuT)-fam. Treroninas. 
Gen. Treron. 
Treron vernans. 
00113X111)11 veiTians (Wagler). 
Head and upper throat lead-colour tinged with green ; the lead- 
colour extends down the nape to the back, where it passes into the 
green of that part ; on the nape is a decided tinge of vinaceous red, 
which is the colour of the neck and upper breast ; between this 
again and the general colour of the lower body is a patch of dark 
ochre yellow j round the eyes the skin is bare, bordered on the 
lower side by a black stripe j back, green, tinged with lead-colour ; 
upper tail-covers, greenish ochre ; body below, light yellowish green, 
vent yellow ; thighs the same, but the long feathers covering them 
are varied with green and dark lead-colour j flanks and wings below 
light lead-colour ; wings above green, the covers exteriorly edged 
with yellow, so as to form a line of that colour extending the length 
of the wing ; quills black, with a very narrow line of yellow on 
the outer edges ; tail, above, light lead-colour, tipped with black ; 
lower covers rufous, as long as the tail. 
Ijength, about 9^ inches. 
„ of bill from gape, 10 lines. 
„ of bill from front, 8 lines. 
„ of wings, 5 inches 4 lines. 
„ of tail, 3 inches 2 lines. 
„ of tarsus, 9 lines. 
„ of middle toe, 1 inch 2 lines. 
„ of hallux, barely 8 lines. 
Common in Labuan, and very abundant in the interior of 
Borneo, where it frequents the fruit- orchards in the evenings, 
