BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 105 



Peninsula. Robinson ^^ reports it from Koh Samiii and Koh Pennan 

 and obtained a heavily incubated egg of the latter on May 27. 



A number of other forms have been named from islands off the west 

 Coast of Sumatra, Java, the Natunas, Anambas, Philippines, and 

 Celebes. Oberholser ^^ recognizes no less than 1 1 . 



DENDROPHASSA OLAX OLAX (Temminck) 



Columba olax Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colorizes d'oiseaux, vol. 4, 

 livr. 41, pi. 241, Dec. 1823 (Sumatra). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a male and two females in Tran^, March 9^ 

 1897, and January 20, 1899. He gives the soft parts as: Male — 

 iris in two rings, inner yellow, outer red; bill pale greenish horny, 

 base and cere green; feet red. Female — iris yellowish white or pale 

 yellow. 



A male from Great Karimon Island does not differ materially from 

 the Trang male. A series from Borneo seems to be smaller. The 

 wmgs of eight Bornean males measure 114-124 (118.6) mm; wing of 

 a male from Great Karimon Island, 130 mm; a male from Trang, 

 133 mm. 



The Bornean race has been named Dendrophassa olax arismiora 

 Oberholser. This will leave the range of Dendrophassa olax olax as 

 Sumatra, the Malay States, and Peninsular Siam. 



In the latter there are only three previous records known to me: 

 Baker ^^ records three males from Klong Wang Hip and a female in 

 Herbert's collection; Robinson and KHoss ^ state that a pair (now in 

 the British Museum) was collected by J. Darling near Ghirbi; and 

 de Schauensee ^* collected a pair from Nakon Sritamarat. 



TEERON CURVIROSTRA CURVIROSTRA (Gme)in) 



Columba curvirostra Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 777, 1789 (Tanna 

 Island, error; type locality as designated by Robinson and Kloss,^' Rawang, 

 Selangor) . 



Three males and one female, Bangnara, Patani, May 8, 1924, July 

 11-12, 1926; two males, Tha Lo, Bandon, September 17 and 28, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected five males and two females, Trang 

 (Tyching, May 10, 1896; Koh Sai, December 30, 1898; and Trang, 

 January 19-February 24, 1899). He describes the soft parts as: 

 Iris orange or brownish yellow; naked skin about orbit pale green; 

 bill horny yellow or pale greenish horny, dark red at base, claws horn 

 brown. 



This form probably does not extend much farther north than 

 Bandon, and from there it ranges south to the Malay States and the 



'n Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 140, 1916. 



"U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 159, pp. 32-3.3, 1932. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 4, p. 30, 1920. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 31, 1921. 



•♦ Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 271, 1934. 



•• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 28, 1921. 



