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 10. Treron bicincta domvilii (Swinb.). 



Osmnireron domrilii Swiahoe, Ibis 1870. p. 354 (Haiuan). 

 OsmolreroH hicincia Orant, P.Z.S. 1900. p. 501. 



5 <J(J, 3 ? ? from Lei Muimon, Ut08hi, (Jlieteriang aud Wiipaslii (No. 137). 



Osmotreron, or as I should call it, Treron bicincta, has beea treated as ranging 

 from the foot of the Himahiyas to Ceylon and Hainan. Ronghly speaking this 

 is correct, bnt the species must be split i[ito several subspecies. 



1. Treron bicincta bicincta (Jerd.), from the ludian mainland to (at least) 

 Tenasserim (1 have not seen specimens from Cochin China). Larger, wing 3 about 

 62—05 mm. 



2. Treron bicincta leggei subsp. nov., Ceylon. 



Differs from T.h. bicincta only in its smaller size. Wings: cj abont 42 — 48 mm- 

 The smaller size of the Ceylon birds has often been emphasised. First, as far as 

 I know, by Colonel Legge, in the Birds of Ceylon, p. 725, by Salvadori {Gat. B. 

 Brit. Mils. xxi. p. 58), and by Blanford (B. India, iv. p. 12). It is, therefore, 

 time that the Ceylon bird should receive a name, to distinguish it from its larger 

 Indian brother. Type of T. bicincta Icgyei : 3 ad. (!eylon, 9. vi. 1889, collected by 

 Bruno and H. Geisler. No. 7060, Tring Museum. 



Named iu honour of Colonel Legge, who wrote one of the best books ever 

 written on the birds of one island — the immortal " Birds of Cei/lon.'" 



3. Treron bicincta domcilii Swiuh., Hainan. 



The differences of the Hainan form are not striking, and not very constant, 

 yet we are bound to call attention to them, and not pass them over in silence. 

 Swinhoe says T. b. domvilii is smaller, but this is not correct. The forehead and 

 throat are green in T. b. bicincta as well. The grey nuchal patch of the male, 

 however, is, as a rule, much smaller, thougli sometimes it is fully as large ! In the 

 female the nuchal patch, which is always distinct in the females of T. b. bicincta and 

 leggei, is indistinct and small. The under tail-coverts are mostly much paler than 

 in T. b. bicincta. 



11. Sphenocercus sororius subspec. nov. ? 



Sphenocercus sororius Swinhoe, Ibis 18uti. pp. 311, 406 (Formosa). 



1 ? Mt. Wuchi, 5. iv. 1903 (No. 205). 



We have only received one female of this species. It closely resembles females 

 of S. sororins, but the latter are mostly larger — wings 172 — 1S4 mm. — while the 

 wing of the Hainan specimens is only IGS mm. long. The yellowish green of the 

 foreueck e-vtends distinctly farther down over the breast ; the back is a shade more 

 yellowish green. 



Not being a priority-hunter, I refrain from naming this apparently new form, 

 hoping that the Tring Museiuii or some one else will soon receive males and more 

 females. 



This species has not been previously recorded from Hainan. 



12. Carpophaga aenea (L.) (? subsp.) 



Ciiliiiiibu iviiea Linnaeus, Sysl. Niil. ed. xii. p. 283 (17GC — " Habitat ia Moluccis " : ex Brisson !). 

 C'arjjiipliii{jti imna (errore) Grant, P.Z.S. 1900. p. .001. 



1 S (;heteriang, lu. i. 19U4; ? Mt. Wuchi, 11. xi. 19u5 (No. 231). 

 1 cannot at present discuss the various subspecies of C. aenea. The Hainan 



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