( 60) 



11. Ptilinopus roseicapillns (Less.) (Onst. I. p. 218). 



We have received a large series from Gnam and two from Saipan. Marche got 

 it also in Rota. 



Local name : " Totolu " or " Totorn." Iris, Ridgw. VI. 8 (chrome-yellow); legs 

 and feet dark YIII. 18 (heliotrope -pnrple): claws II. 3 (blackisli slate); bill X. 21 

 (nil-green). 



Total length 200—230 mm.; wing 130. 



The sexes do not differ materially, hut some of onr skins have the upper breast 

 darker, less distinctly tijjpcd with i)earlygrey; most of these are females, hnt not 

 all. Specimens from Saipan are ijuite like those from Gnam. 



Nests were found in " Kamachiri " and " Abasn " trees, in dili'erent heights, 

 three and six feet from the ground, and they contained one egg each. The eggs are 

 of a glossless white, very pale yellow if held against the light. They measure 

 31-5 : 23, 31-6 : 21-4 (almost fusiform), and 35 : 22 mm. 



IT. Turtur dussumieri (Temm.) (Onst. I. p. 222). 



Very common in Guam and also in Saipau. 



Local name: "Paloma halomtano." Iris between Ridgw. VI. 3 and V. 1 (tawny 

 orange); bOl II. 11 (mouse-grey); feet between VIII. 17 and VIII. 20 (solferino 

 and rose-purple). 



The home of this dove is no doubt the Philippine Archipelago, and it is 

 probably introduced in Guam, where however as long ago as Kittlitz's visit it was 

 very numerous, and kept in cages in almost every house. Being aware of the 

 fondness of the Malays for keeping doves in captivity, I do not doubt that this 

 species is also not a native in Borneo, but only introduced there as well. Wiglesworth 

 however seems to believe the reverse, and credits Temmiuck with an " error " for 

 giving the island of Luzon as the habitat of his species, but it is so universally 

 distributed over the Philippines that I cannot see the origin of Wiglesworth's 

 theory. Oustalet also believes that it is introduced in Gnam, and says that Marche 

 found it less common than it was in Kittlitz's time. Onr men however found it 

 very numerous. 



With Iso. 279 of his list however Wiglesworth has again propagated a long- 

 existing error, for Turtur pre-costianus Bp. is = T. picturatus (Temm.), and came 

 from Marianne Island, one of the Seychelles, but has nothing to do with the 

 l\Iarianne or Ladrone Islands. 



Nests of Turtur dussumieri, each containing one fresh egg, were found on 

 Gnam in April and May. They were placed in " Lemoneina " trees. The eggs are 

 somewhat longish and glossy, and nearly pure white if held against the light. 

 They measure 2U'5 : 22 and 20 : 22-4 mm. 



18. Phlegoenas xanthonura Temm. (Oust. I. j). 224). 



Cnlumha xanthonura, Temm., PL Col. lilO, livi-. 32 (1823) (This figure shows distinctly afonalc or 

 young mak of this species. Tlicre is therefore no reason wliy the name of Temminck should 

 not be accepted.) 



