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I have examined no specimens from Java, the type locality of the 

 nominate form. 



The form ranges from the Malay States, Peninsular Siam, to the 

 Mergui Archipelago (Elphinstone Island), and it has once been taken 

 as far north as Khun Tan, Siam. 



The birds from Borneo, Sumatra, and Pulo Mata Siri, Java Sea, 

 have each been provided with a name, 



SPHENOCERCUS SPHENURUS SPHENURUS (Vigors) 



Vinago sphenura Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, p. 173 (Darjiling). 



One male, Doi Nangka, November 19, 1930, 



This specimen is smaller than specimens from Yunnan {S. s. yun~ 

 nanensis). 



Deignan ^^ took a specimen on Doi Sutep, 5,000 feet, in November. 

 De Schauensee ®° found it not uncommon there and at Chiengdao 

 between 3,000 and 5,000 feet on his third expedition. 



The present form ranges from Kashmir to Assam, south to the 

 Shan States, Tenasserim, and northern Siam, 



LEUCOTRERON JAMBU (Gmclin) 



Columha jamhu Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 784, 1789 (Java). 



Two males and one female, Bangnara, Patani, Peninsular Siam, 

 July 4-15, 1926. 



There are two males and one female in the United States National 

 Museum collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott at the Eumpin River, Pahang, 

 June 10 and 12, 1902. 



August Miiller ^^ records four skins secured in Malacca, probably 

 purchased. These were thought by Robinson and Kloss ^^ to have 

 come from the mainland opposite Puket, but this is doubtful. Rob- 

 inson ^^ does not mention Peninsular Siam in his latest book and was 

 evidently aware of this error in the earlier work. 



The species ranges from Perlis in the western Malay States to Patani 

 in the southern Peninsular Siamese States, and from thence south to 

 Singapore, Tioman Island, Sumatra, Borneo, Banka, and Billiton. 

 It probably has a \vider range than the above would indicate and per- 

 forms local migrations, probably due to the ripening of certain fruits. 



The species is easily distinguished from all other pigeons. The 

 males are green above and white below; the forepart of the head and 

 tliroat to the posterior border of the eye carmine-red; the chin a 

 brownish black; the chest with a large eosine pink spot; the under 

 tail coverts brick red; outer primary much attenuated at the tip. 

 The female has the chest and neck green; the forepart of the head 



8» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 166, 1931. 

 M Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 272, 1934. 

 M Die Orcis der In.sel Salanga, p. 79, 1882. 

 M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 31, 1921. 

 » The birds of the Malay Peninsula, vol. 2, p. 11, 1928. 



