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skin at front of neck, at upper edge of feathers; feet pale fleshy; 

 front of tarsi and top of toes pale fleshy brown." 



Nearly adult male, No. 181413, U.S.N.M.; November 20, 1907. 

 Total length (m flesh) 593 mm. "Iris yeUow brown; feet pale 

 broAvnish fleshy." 



Both these birds seem to be absolutely identical with examples 

 from Java. They represent, therefore, a considerable northward 

 extension of the range of the species. The immature specimen (No. 

 181413, U.S.N.M., Nov. 20) lacks but little of being adult, though 

 the feathers of the lower parts are duU, some of them edged with rusty 

 or pale brown; many of the wing-quills and superior coverts are 

 barred with buff or tawny; the throat, sides, and top of the head are 

 pretty well feathered; and the frontal comb is rudimentary. Some 

 of the contour feathers are being replaced by molt. 



Family CLARAVIIDAE. 



SPILOPELIA TIGRINA (Temminck). 



Columha tigrina Temminck, Hist. Nat. g^n^rale des Pigeons, vol. 1, 1808-1811, 

 pi. 43 [p. 158] (Batavia, Java). 



Two specimens: 



Adult male. No. 181417, U.S.N.M.; November 19, 1907. Length 

 (in flesh), 300 mm. 



Adult female. No. 181418, U.S.N.M.; November 19, 1907. Length 

 (in flesh), 295 mm. 



Both are in good plumage, though showmg slight indications of 

 molt among some of the contour feathers, particularly about the 

 head and neck. They seem, furthermore, to be identical in both size 

 and color with birds from the Malay Peninsula. 



The genus Spilopelia,^ here used for this species, is well differen- 

 tiated from Stigmatopelia - by its longer tail, stouter bill and feet, and 

 less tumid cere; and both Spilopelia and Stigmatopelia may readily 

 be distinguished from Streptopelia (olim Turtur) by the peculiar bi- 

 furcate feathers of the neck and by other characters. 



Family CUCULIDAE. 



^ CUCULUS CANORUS TELEPHONUS Heine. 



Cuculus telephonus Heine, Journ. fur Omith., for September, 1863 (probably 

 December, 1863), p. 352 (Japan). 



One male, in immature plumage, No. 181464, U.S.N.M.; Bawean 

 Island, November 21, 1907; "eyelids yellow; bill dark horn brown, 

 greenish beneath at base; inside of mouth orange; feet yellow." 

 Length, 331 mm.' 



1 SpilopeUa Sundevall, Meth. Nat. Avium Disp. Tent., 1873, p. 100 (type, Columha chinemis Scopoli). 



2 Stigmatopelia Sundevall, Meth. Nat. Avium Disp. Tent., 1873, p. 100 (type, Columba senegalensis Lin. 

 naeus). 



3 Measui-ed in the flesh by the collector. 



