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CEOCOPUS CHLOEI&ASTEE. 
entirely frugivorous in diet. Captain Butler states that the berries of the Ficus indica appear to be its 
favourite food. 
Nidification . — This Green Pigeon breeds throughout continental India from March till June, making, 
according to Mr. Hume, a typical Dove’s nest, and laying two white eggs. Mr. Blewitt, writing concerning 
nests he found near Hansie, says that they " were placed on various trees, mostly growing on the canal-bank, 
at heights of from 14 to 18 feet from the ground. They were composed of Shishum, Zizyphus, and Keeker 
twigs, in some cases slenderly and in others somewhat densely put together. One or two were absolutely 
without lining; but they were mostly very scantily lined with leaves, feathers, or tine straw.” This is 
remarkable for a Pigeon’s nest, as they usually have no lining at all, and other observers testify to there being 
none in the ease of this species. The birds sit very close, Messrs. Hume and Marshall both stating, with 
regard to nests found by them at different times, that they pelted the bird without her flying away. The 
eggs average in size “ 1'25 by 0'95 inch.” 
Genus OSMOTEEEOK. 
Bill more slender than in Crocopus. Gape wide. Wings with the quills less pointed, the 
sinuation present in the 3rd primary ; the 2nd quill the longest, and the 1st exceeding the 4th. 
Tail as in the last genus, of 14 feathers. 
Of small size. 
