102 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



ANGUS STOLIDUS PILEATUS (Scopoli) 



Sterna pileaia Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae, pt. 2, p. 92, 1786 

 (Philippines). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took an immature female in the Straits of Malacca, 

 November 18, 1899; an immature female off the Dindings, Novem- 

 ber 19, 1899; and an adult male 100 miles west of Penang, April 8, 

 1903. 



Williamson ^* records tliis tern breeding on a rocky islet near Koh 

 Chuan, Inner Gulf of Siam, in May 1918. Apparently this is the 

 only Siamese record. 



The form ranges in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans from the 

 Seychelles to the Hawaiian Islands and south to northern Australia. 



Family COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons, Doves 



CROCOPUS PHOENICOPTERUS VIRIDIFRONS (BIyth) 



Treron viridifrons Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 14, pt. 2, p. 849, 1845 

 (Tenasserim) . 



One female, Ban Nam Kien, Nan, April 21, 1930. 



A topotypical female has the gray of the nape much lighter, the 

 yellow collar broader, and the gray collar narrower than in the Siamese 

 female. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ records it as sparsely distributed in northern Siam, 

 where specimens have been obtained at Meh Taw, Meh Lua, and 

 along the Meh Yome River; Deignan ^'^ reports it irregularly common 

 on the plain at Chiengmai, its movements being governed by the 

 fruiting of certain trees; de Schauensee ^^ assigns specimens from 

 Metang to annamensis, a form I have not seen. 



C. p. viridifrons ranges from Chittagong and Manipur on the west 

 throughout Burma south to Moulmein and east into northern Siam. 

 C. p. annamensis Ogilvie-Grant ranges from southern Annam to 

 Cocliinchina and lower Laos, possibly to southeastern Siam. 



DENDROPHASSA FULVICOLLIS FULVICOLLIS (Wagler) 



Columba fulvicolHs Wagler, Systcma avium, Columba, sp. 8, 1827 (Java, error; 

 type locality fixed by Robinson and Kloss,*''^ Sumatra). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a male at Prahmon, Trang, March 31, 1896, 

 and a male at Selitar, 9 miles from Singapore, Straits Settlements, 

 May 18, 1899. He gives the soft parts as: Iris pink; bill pale bluish 

 horn, base and cere dull red; feet H^dd purple, claws black. 



The United States National Museum also contains a male from 

 TapanuU Bay, Sumatra, and a male from Banka. The latter is fulvous 



«» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 38, 1918. 



•s Ibis, 1920, p. 738. 



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



«' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. S6, p. 271, 1934. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 30, 1921. 



