( 424 ) 

 10. Geopelia striata (L.).* 



Columba striata Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. XIT 1. (1766) p. 282 (ex Bri.sson's Tnurterelle rayie des 



Indes — hab. in India orientali). 

 Geopelia etriata Vorderm., i.e. p. 204 (Kangean). 



c? Kangean N.W. (No. 239). I^cal name : " titiran." 



11. Chalcophaps indica (L.). 



Columba indica Linn., Si/x^. A'lil. Ed. X (1758) p. 104 (ex Edwards I. pi. 14 — hab. Ind. or.) — 

 Chdlcojihajis indica Vorderm., I.e. p. 204. 



cJ(?, ? ? juv. Kangean E., W., N.W. "Iris deep brown, feet purple, bill red." 

 (Nos. 36, 37, 57, 66, 132, 133, 176.) 



One specimen ("?," No. 66) is a curious aberration. The head, neck, and under- 

 surface are dull and pale cinnamon, the green on the wings, scapulars, and back is 

 replaced by a dull brownish grey with a dull green wash, tail and wings pale brownish 

 grey, superciliary stripe indicated. 



Local name : '• walik." 



12. Caloenas nicobarica (L.). 



Columba nirobarica Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. X (1758) p. 164 (ex Albin. — hab. in " insula Nicombar"). 

 Calloenas nicobarica Vorderm., t.c. p. 182. 



<?(? Kangean E. ''Iris hliiulich weiss, Fiisse fleischroth, Zehensohlen und 

 Krallen gelb, Schnabel schwarz." (Nos. 190, 191.) Local name : '• manuk babi." 



13. Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieill.) 



Porphyria ciiiereus Vieill., Nour. Diet. XXVUI (1819) p. 29 (Loc. ignot. — Java Ls the typical 

 locality, the type being from Java. Cf. Puch., Rec. et. Mag. Zool. 1851 p. 563). 



(J Kangean E. "Iris rothbraun, Fiisse gelblich." (No. 194.) Ixical name: 

 " kuntias." 



14. Amaurornis phoenicurus (Forst.). 



Rallus phoeniatrus Forst., Zool. Ind. p. 19, pi. ix (1781) (hab. Ceylon). 



c? ? Kangean E., \V. " Iris braun. Fiisse gelb, Schnabel griin. (Nos. 59, 92.) 

 Local name : " kreok " or " koreak." 



15. Gallinula chloropus orientalis Horsf. 



{FuUca chloropuH Linn., Sysl. Nat. Ed. X (1758) p. 152 (ex Albin— hab. England.] 

 Gallinula orientalis Horsf,, Trans. Zool. Soc. Land. XIII (1820) p. 195 (hab. Java). 



(?? Kangean E. " Iris braun, Fiisse griinlich, Schnabel gelb." (Nos. 149, 180.) 

 J wing 165, ? wing 146J mm. 



' Count Salvadori {Cat. B. Brit. Mas. XXI p. 458) quotes, as referring to this dove, the " Dove 

 from China," Albin, Om. Ill p. 43, tab. 46 (1740). If this quotation was correct we should have to 

 accept Linnaeus' name " Columba sinica," Syst. JVat. Ed. X (175.S) p. IIM. Fortun.itelv. however, Albin's 

 Dove from China cannot be quoted here. Neither his description nor his figure agree with Genpelia striata. 

 The size is said to be that of the Indian Ring-Dove, while 6. striata is much smaller, the sides of the 

 head are not "yellow," there are no " red feathers on the side of the neck," the tail is not unifi>rm dusky 

 black, and so on. Albin's bird is quite ob.scure, and may have been an artefact. Brisson's Taurterelle 

 rayfe de la Chine (p. 107) is entirely based on Albin, therefore also dubious, and so is Linnaeus' Columba 

 sin ica. 



