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examples agree with what we generally call C. aeiien, being different from C. aenea 

 m/lvatica, C. ae»m chab/htirn, and C. aenea pahnvaiiensia. C. aenea being described 

 from the " Moluccas," it is somewhat difficult to say what is typical aenea, bnt 

 I think we must refer this name to the birds from the Lesser Sunda Islands, 

 Lombok and Flores. This form does not seem to differ from the larger 

 Indian one. 



13. Carpophaga insignis griseicapilla (Wald.). 



C. griseictipilla Grant, P. Z. &. 1900. p. 501. 



2 <J(J, 2 ? 9 Mt. Wuchi, 20. xi. lOD.") ; 16. xi. lOOfi (No. 267). 



One ? of these, as well as those obtained by Whitehead on Hainan, agree 

 jierfectly with typical Burmese griseicapilla, while the other 2 S3 and 1 ? are not 

 or hardly distinguishable from true insignis of the Himalayas. This form is 

 otherwise an inhabitant of the mountain ranges from Assam to Tenasserim. 



It seems that all Himalayan examples have the crown vinous or greyish pink, 

 while those from Bnrmah have it invariably pure French-grey. Birds from Assam 

 are partly typical griseicapilla (cf. ./. ./". 0. 1880, p. 433), partly intermediate, 

 partly like insignis. I am inclined to think that these pigeons are only winter 

 visitors on Hainan. 



14. Columba livia subsp. ?? 



2 <J<J ad. Hoihow, 15, 21. iii. 1902. 



" Iris pearl grey, bill blackish slate, feet brown."—" Iris maroon, bill slate, 

 feet brown." 



These two birds agree in every respect with " Columba licia schimperi" from 

 Egypt and Palestine, excejit that their bills are shorter and thicker, their dimensions 

 larger, especially the wings longer, measuring 22i and 24 cm. Tliey are paler 

 tha'n C. lida intermedia and C. livia neglecta. The question is : are these Hainan 

 specimens feral descendants of domestic pigeons, or do they belong to a wild race 

 of Columba liria ? In the latter case they must have a new name. 



It may be added that, if C. intermedia and schimperi are separated as species, 

 or rather more correctly subspecies of C. licia, another form intermediate between 

 intermedia and schimperi from E. Persia, parts of Turkestan and Afghanistan 

 must be separated, the name of which will probably be neglecta Hume. 



15. Columba puniceus (Tick.) (? subsp.). 



Ahncomua puuicpus Tickell, Joimi. As. Soc. Bengal xi. p. 4t51. 

 Columha jnimcea Graat, P. Z.S. 1900. p. 501. 



A series from Namro, Utoshi and South Hainan (Nos. 206, 230). 



All the males have the crown of the head rather dark grey, and if all continental 

 examples have the crown whiter, the Hainan form will have to be recognised as a 

 new subspecies. 



le. Macropygia tusalia minor Swiuh. (? forma dist. ?). 



Macropygla tusalia (Uwlgs.), rar. minor Swinhoe, Ihis 1870. p. 355 (Hainan). 

 Macropygia gwinhoii Ramsay, Ibix 1890. p. '218. 

 Macropygia minor Grant, P. Z. S. 1900. p. 502. 



It is most doubtful if the Hainan form can be distinguished at all from Indian 

 M. tusalia, though Ramsay, fSalvadori, and Grant have separated it as a " species." 



