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Range: Reported from the northern portion of the northern plateau 

 (Chiang Rai), where perhaps present only on migration or in winter. 



Streptopelia orientalis agricola (Tickell) 



C[olumba]. Agricola Tickell, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, 

 No. 23, November 1833, p. 581 ("jungles of Borabhiim and 

 Dholbhum"=Manbhum and Singhbhum Districts, Bihar State, 

 India). 

 Range: The northern plateau (excepting Chiang Rai) and the east- 

 ern plateau (Loei, Sakon Nakhon, Ubon). 



Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis (Temminck) 



Columha humilis Temminck, in Temminck and Laugier, Nouveau 

 recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, [livr. 44,] vol. 4, March 

 1824, pi. 259 and text ("au Bengale et dans Pile de Lugon. . . . 

 a Manille . . ."; type locality [inferentially] restricted to Luz6n 

 Island, Philippine Islands, by Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 

 vol. 9, pt. 2, 1875, p. 219). 

 Range: The northern and eastern plateaus, the central plains, and 

 the western and peninsular provinces south to Prachuap Khiri Khan. 



Streptopelia chinensis vacillans Hartert 



Streptopelia chinensis vacillans Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 23, No. 1, 

 Apr. 14, 1916, p. 83 (Mengtsz [lat. 23°23' N., long. 103°27' E.j, 

 Yunnan Province, China). 

 Range: Reported from the northern portion of the northern plateau 

 (Chiang Rai, Phayao). 



Streptopelia chinensis tigrina (Temminck) 



Columha Tigrina Temminck, in Knip, Les pigeons, tome 1, 1810, 

 les colombes, p. 94, pi. 43 ("Timor. . . . Batavia"; type local- 

 ity restricted to Java, by Hartert, Nov. Zool., vol. 9, 1902, p. 423). 

 Range: The northern plateau (excepting Chiang Rai and Phayao), 

 the eastern plateau, the southeastern provinces, the central plains, 

 and the western and peninsular provinces to the extreme South. 



Genus GEOPELIA Swainson 



Geopelia striata striata (Linnaeus) 



[Columha] striata Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, tom. 1, 1766, 



p. 282 {"in India orientali"; type locality restricted to Java, 



by Stuart Baker, The fauna of British India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 5, 



1928, p. 258). 



Range: The peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Kra to the 



extreme South, but introduced onto the northern plateau (Chiang Mai) 



and the central plains (Bangkok). 



