OSMOTEEEON POMPADOEA*. 
(TPIE POMPADOUR GREEN PIGEON.) 
Colo,nla^o,ni,aio„ Qm. ed. Syst. Nat. i. p. 775. no. 9, “ Zeyloni* ” (1788) t Walden, Tran. 
Zool. Soc. 1875, IX. p. 212. 
(Jerd.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. B. p. 229 (1849, in part) ; Kelaart, Pro. 
dromus, Cat, p. 130 (1852); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiv. p 68 
Blyth, J. A, S. B. 1867, xxvi. p. 226 ; Wall. Ibis, 1866, p 375 (in part) 
rrertmpompn*™ Gmel.), Wall. t.c. p. 875 (in part); Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. 1873, p. 62 ' 
smotreronflawgulans (Bl), Jerdon, B. of Ind. iii. p. 452 (1864); Legge, Ibis, 1874 p 25 
Osn.otreron^a,oura (Gmel.), Jerdon, . . p. 452 (in^art) ; Hotlsw. P. Z S 1872 
p. 465 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 1879 (List of Ind. B.), p. 109 
P«mpaionr Pigton Brown. Illustr. pi. 19 (male), pi. 20 (female); Breen Pimm, 
Batta-goya, Sinhalese. 
S-8 ) tarsus 0-8 ; middle toe and 
Adult male and female. Length 10-3 to 10-6 inches ; wing 5-5 to 57 • tail 3-5 to 3-^ 
claw 1-0 to 1-1 ; bill to gape 0-9 to 0-95 ’ 3 o to 3 e 
paling to bluish on the apical 
centre, and with deep blui.sh-ashy tips, showing whitish Lneath- quills ashv Tt’ 
secondaries, and tertials sharply edged with rich primrose velLv greater coverts, 
coverts, and decreasing towards the anterior portion of the wiL • be’nJriT tertials and inner 
ashy on the flanks and flavescent on the abdomen • tibial plumes dirk or 
colour at the base. S a s bright, and the under tail-coverts with more ash- 
Malirof ?b! i'l^tead of carmine. 
colour of rferhe^VquhiA^^^^^^^^ “-tie by an alteration in the 
'■f “l"-' »1 Mr. Hume se occum.g iu 
Smbely,' 1875, em.„ ir „ C il tytl 1 ly ' C“ jLtrr' T n’ ' “* 
.»«y lb. 1 m,.eh ™b,e 1. U „ „pLu se' 
to me very unadvisable to S’^^he^otigSaf orthoiraphy^^^ reference to “Fomj>adour;” but it seems 
committed. ® orthography ot a specific name, except when an error of gender has been 
