442 peeisterid^:. 



Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 178 (1865) ; Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 85 

 (1872) ; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 381 (N. Borneo) ; Hume, Str. Feath. 

 i. p. 461 (1873) ; id. Nests §■ Eggs, p. 506 (1873) ; id. Str. 

 Feath. ii. pp. 269, 481 (1874) , iii. pp. 14, 164 (1875) ; Armstr. 

 Str. Feath. iv. p. 337 Q876) ; Hume, Str. Feath. iv. p. 424 (note) 

 (1876) ; Anders. Yunn. Exped. p. 66-5 (1878) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 137 ; ? Tiraud, Bull. Com. Ayr. et Ind. Cochinch. (3) i. p. 142, 

 n. 255 (1879) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 203 (Palawan) ; Whiteh. Ibis, 

 1890, p. 57. 



? Turtur suratensis, Ibis,18Q4, p.252 (Siam) ; Swinh, Ibis, 1866, p. 292. 



Spilopelia tigrina, Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 100 (1872) ; 

 Salvad. Cat. Ucc. Born. p. 296 (1874) : id. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. 

 vii. p. 673 (1875), ix. p. 205, n. 70 (1876) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 322 (Lampong-) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 247 

 (1879) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 799 (Sandakan) ; Meyer, Verh. 

 z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1881, pp. 766 (Sumba), 769 (Wetter), 772 (Dawe- 

 loor) ; Salvad. Om. Paj). e Mol. iii. p. 151 (1882) ; Bias. J.f. O. 

 1883, p. 139 (Celebes) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. f. ges. Orn. i. pp. 195, 

 215 (Timor-laut) (1884) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 510 (Suin- 

 bawa) (var. with light yellow iris), p. 558 (Menado and Talisse 

 Island, iris brown) ; Biittik. Not. Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 76 (1886) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) ix. p. 490 (1890) ; Vorderm. 

 N. T. N. I. xlix. p. 413 (1889), 1. p. 508 (1890) ; Salvad. Mem. 

 P. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 63 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 189) 

 (1891) ; Vorderm. N. T. N. I. Ii. pp. 401, 422 (1892). 



Chamsepelia inornata, Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 634 (1872). 



Turtur striatus (errore), Schley. Mus. P.-B. Colunibas, p. 127 (1873). 



Adult. Head vinous grey, greyer on the forehead and cheeks ; 

 lores black; nape black, with two white spots at the tip of the 

 furcated feathers ; upper parts pale brown, the feathers with paler 

 edges and dark mesial stripes, especially the scapulars and upper 

 wing-coverts : outermost wing-coverts grey ; underparts rich vinous, 

 lighter on the chin and on the abdomen, the lower part of the 

 latter white with a slight buff tinge ; under tail-coverts white ; 

 quills brown with lighter edges ; marginal under wing-coverts 

 grey, the inner ones very dark grey, almost black ; three outer tail- 

 feathers black, broadly tipped with white ; next pair black, tipped 

 with grey ; two central feathers uniform brown, next pair dark 

 brown, with a subterminal broad black band : " iris reddish pearl ; 

 bill black ; feet pinkish " ( Wallace). Total length about 11 inches, 

 wing 5"6, tail b-b, bill 0-7, tarsus 1. 



Female. Similar to the male, only slightly smaller. 



Young. More rufescent above and beneath ; feathers of the hind 

 neck of a pale brown, with greyish edges. 



Specimens from Sunda Islands, and especially from Java, Lom- 

 bock, and Timor, are larger (wing 5*9 inches). 



Hah. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands as far south as 

 Timor, and the Moluccas, where most likely it is found only during 

 winter. 



a. <5 ad. sk. Elephant Point, Dec. (/. Arm- Hume Coll. 



strong). 



b. $ ad. sk. Borongho Is., Akyab, March Hume Coll. 



(J. Armstrong). 



