BIRDS FROIM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 



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The following specimens received from Dr. W. L. Abbott are in the 

 United States National Museum: One male and one female, Tan- 

 jong Kalong, Singapore, October 15 and 20, 1899, four males and one 

 female, Trang (Prahmon, April 13, 1896; Tyching, April 23-June 28, 

 1896 ; Trang, January 1, 1899) ; three males and one female, Tenasserim 

 (Tanjong Badak, January 12; Bok Pyin, February 12; and Victoria 

 Point, November 24, 1900). 



Dr. Abbott gives the color of the soft parts as: Male — Iris orange; 

 bill and cere black; feet red, pinkish purple, or dull pink. Female — 

 iris pinkish orange (one specimen). 



This rather large series shows little variation according to latitude, 

 but there is considerable individual variation. Some specimens are 

 much darker than others, both above and below, but the form does 

 not seem to be confined to any one section of the country. Two 

 males and a female from Java can be matched from the Malay Penin- 

 sula, and these again can be matched by specimens from northern or 

 eastern Siam. The smallest specimen measured is a male from Singa- 

 pore: Wing, 142.5; it also appears to be somewhat darker below, but 

 it is a single specimen and it would be better to treat the differences 

 as individual for the present. Measurements for the birds examined 

 are given in table 2. 



Table 2.- — Measurements of Streptopelia chinensis tigrina 



This form has a wide range, extending from the Moluccas, Celebes, 

 Borneo, Java, Banka, Sumatra, through the Malay Peninsula to east- 

 ern Bengal, Burma, Siam, and the indo-Chinese countries. In Siam 

 it occurs commonly throughout the country and on n^any of the islands 

 off the coast. 



Herbert ^^ reports it nesting in the vicinity of Bangkok and says 

 that eggs may be found certainly during the first nine months of the 

 year and that it is supposed to breed throughout; the clutch consists 

 of two eggs. He gives a description of the nest and eggs. 



A number of other nominal races have been named from China, 

 and Formosa. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. nist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 334, 1926. 



