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aster purple, the chin slightly darker. Wing in male, about 144 mm; 

 the female is somewhat smaller. 



BUCULA BADIA GEISEICAPILLA Walden 



Ducula hadia griseicapilla Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 16, p. 228, 

 1S75 (Karen Hills). 



One male, Doi Angka, 6,000 feet, December 4, 1928; two males, 

 and two females, Khun Tan, 4,000 feet, August 27, 1930, and Febru- 

 ary 14 and 29, 1932; one female. Pang Meton (Doi Nangka), Ma}^ 3, 

 1931; one male, Doi Kinchong, January 1, 1933; one male, Kao Pae 

 Pan Nam, Lamsak, February 5, 1934. 



The male from Doi Kinchong has the pileum and cheeks washed 

 with vinaceous as in D. b. obscurata, but the back is not so dark» 



Gairdner ^* records this pigeon from Ratburi and Petchaburi; Cha- 

 sen and Kloss ^* from the Raheng District, western Siam; Deignan ^^ 

 reports it common on Doi Sutep, from 3,500 to 5,500 feet. 



The form ranges from eastern Bengal to Assam, Burma, western 

 and northern Siam, and east probably to Tonkin and Laos. It is a 

 mountain species. In Siam it has been found only in the mountains of 

 the southwestern, western, and northern parts. 



In Sumatra and the Malay States Ducula badia badia (Raffles) i& 

 found. 



DUCULA BADIA OBSCURATA Conover 



Ducula badia obscurata Conover, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 43, p. 1, 1930 

 (Krat, southeastern Siam). 



One female, Kao Seming, Krat, October 14, 1928. 



This subspecies is easily distinguished from D. b. griseicapilla in 

 having the pileum and cheeks washed with vinaceous instead of gull 

 gray. Chasen and Kloss ^^ state, however, that they can see no 

 material differences among specimens from north and west Siam to 

 south Annam. With only one specimen from southeastern Siam, 

 however, I do not like to pass judgment. 



MUSCADIVORES AENEUS AENEUS (Linnaeus) 



Columba aeneus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 283, 1766 (Moluccas, error; 

 Hartert and Goodson ^^ say the type locality may be considered Flores; 

 Oberholser '^ states, "We . . . now designate Borneo as the type locality")- 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male on the Rumpin River, Pahang, 

 July 12, 1902, and a male on Pulo Bin tang, Rhio Archipelago, August 



•< Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 515, 1915. 



M Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p; 155, 1928. 



•« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 106, 1931. 



•7 Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 233, 1932. 



•« Nov. Zool., 1918, p. 34r,. 



M U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 159, p. 27. 1932. 



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