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19 FIELDIANA • ZOOLOGY

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CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Volume 34 JULY 24, 1953 No. 19

A NEW FRUIT PIGEON FROM NEPAL

1953

AUSTIN L. RAND
CURATOR, DIVISION OF BIRDS

AND

ROBERT L. FLEMING

WOODSTOCK SCHOOL, FERN OAKS, MUSSOORIE, U. P. INDIA

Three races of the green fruit pigeon, Treron pompadora, have
been recognized from India: T. p. affinis from western India (Bom-
bay southward), T. p. pompadora from Ceylon, and T. p. phayrei
(type locality Tounghoo, Burma) from Bengal eastward through
Assam to Indochina (Peters, 1937, Check-list Bds. World, 3: 15).
One of the results of the junior author's collecting in Nepal in 1950
and 1952 was a series of six specimens of this species. This series
somewhat extended the range of the phayrei type to the northwest,
and the specimens are different enough from phayrei of Bengal and
Assam to consider them a different subspecies. This we name:

Treron pompadora conoveri subsp. nov.

Type. — Chicago Natural History Museum no. 215953 from But-
wal, Nepal. Adult male collected January 25, 1950, by R. L.
Fleming.

Diagnosis. — Most like T. pompadora phayrei but differs as fol-
lows: In the male the throat is a deeper and more intense yellow;
the orange of the upper breast is more extensive and more orange,
less pink; the lower breast and abdomen are darker and more green-
ish (instead of paler and more grayish green) ; the hind neck is darker
and greener (not paler and grayish green). The partly concealed
yellow in the lower flanks is also more extensive and brighter; in
the female the yellow of the throat is more vivid, and more extensive;
the rest of the under parts are darker and greener (less grayish),
and the upper parts are slightly clearer and deeper green.

Measurements.— Wing, male 156, 157; female 153, 156, 156, 164
mm.

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Range. —Known only from the type locality, Butwal, in west
central Nepal, where it was fairly common in the forest.

Remarks. — The junior author in India noted the characters of
this race, and the senior author compared additional material and
completed the manuscript when the specimens arrived in Chicago.
This race is named in honor of the late Boardman Conover, who
took an active part in planning and financing the Nepal expedition.

Specimens examined. — T. p. conoveri: Butwal, 2 males, 4 females.
T. p. phayrei: Bengal, 1 male; Assam, 3 males, 5 females; Burma,
1 female; Siam, 2 males, 1 female.

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