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Birds of Celebes : Treronidae. 
Ibis 1890, 134; (9) Biittik. , Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise in Ost-Ind. 1893, TIT, 281; 
(10) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1893, LU, 202. 
c. Treron viridis (Scop.), (1) Wall., Ibis 1865, 374. 
Osmotreron vernans (1) Bp., Consp. II, 1854, 12; (II) 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) Kelliam, Ibis 
1881, 526; (8) Salvad., Orn. Pap. IH, 1882, 3; (9) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 1883, 
H, 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) Wbitehd., 
Ibis 1890, 56; (14) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 24; (15) Oates, 
ed. Hume’s Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 1890, II, 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. MiilL, J. f. O. 1882, 430. 
For further synonjrmy and references cf. Salvad. 17. 
Figure and descriptions. Bonaparte II, 1; Hume d 1, 4; Schlegel b 2; Oates 9; 
Salvadori 17. 
Adult male. Saturate pea-green; head, neck all round and jugulum dark grey, washed 
on the forehead, sides of head, chin and middle of throat with 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, terminal mai'gin slate-grey; tail below 
black, tipped with grey; on breast a broad patch of bright ochraceous; 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 (q^, Palawan, 
7. XL 87: Platen — Nr. 12535). 
“Iris composed of rings of yellow, pink and blue; bill green; feet dull pink” 
(Borneo, Whitehead b 8). 
Measurements. Wing 147 mm; tail 100 c.; tarsus 21.5; bill from 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 reddish 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 (Salvad. J7; [^f] 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). Ovals — moderately 
broad to considerably elongated, obtuse at one end, often at both, pure wliite, with 
little gloss (Tenasserim and Malay Penin. -r- Hume 15). 
Nest. Small, flat, loosely put togetlier, 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. 
