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Genus COLUMBA Linnaeus 



Columba livia intermedia Strickland 



Columha intermedia Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 13, 

 No. 81, January 1844, p. 39 ([India]). 

 Range: Long ago introduced from India and now ferine near human 

 habitation in all parts of the country. 



Columba pulchricollis Blyth 



C[olumha\. pulchricollis "Hodgson" Blyth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. 

 Bengal, vol. 14, pt. 2, No. 168, 1846, p. 866 ("the wooded region 

 of the eastern Hmialaya" = Nepal, ex Hodgson). 

 Range: High mountains of the western portion of the northern 

 plateau (Chiang Mai). 



Columba punicea Blyth 



C[olumha]. (Alsocomus) puniceus "Tickell" Blyth, Journ. Asiatic 



Soc. Bengal, vol. 11, pt. 1, No. 125, May 1842, p. 461 (Chaibasa, 



Singbhum District, Bihar State, India.) 



Range: The southwestern portion of the eastern plateau (Sara 



Burl), the southeastern provinces (Chon Buri), and the southwestern 



and peninsular provinces from Phet Buri to Satun (south of the 



Isthmus of Ki'a reported mainly from islands off the western coast). 



Genus MACROPYGIA Swainson 



Macropygia unchall tusalia (Blyth) 



"Columba (Macropygia, Swainson,) [tusalia, Hodgson.]" Blyth, 



Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, pt. 2, No. 143, November 



1843, p. 936 (Darjeehng, Darjeeling District, Bengal State, 



India). 



Range: Evergreen forests of the northwestern provinces south to 



Tak and the northwestern portion of the eastern plateau (Loei). 



Macropygia ruficeps assimilis Hume 



Macropygia assimilis Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 2, No, 4, June 

 1874, p. 441 ("in the Tenasserim hills north-east [sic] of 

 Moulmein"; specimens from Kawludo, Salween District, 

 and Mulayit, Amherst District, Tenasserim Division, Burma, 

 Jide Hume and Davison, Stray Feathers, vol. 6, 1878, p. 420). 

 Range: Evergreen forests of the northwestern provinces south to 

 Tak and the northwestern portion of the eastern plateau (Loei). 



Genus STREPTOPELIA Bonaparte 



Streptopelia oricntalis Ihasae (Walton) 



Turtur Ihasse Walton, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 15, No. 117, 

 July 10, 1905, p. 92 (Lhasa, Tibet). 



