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is the most southerly record for this species, which has not 

 hitherto been found south of the island of Tongkah or Sa- 

 langa, whence there are three specimens collected by Darling 

 in the British Museum. 



10. TURTUR TIGRINUS. 



Twrtur tigrinus (Temm. & Knip); Salvad. torn. cit. p. 11). 



Exceedingly common in open spaces throughout the Penin- 

 sula, but perhaps rather more abundant in the north, where 

 there is a greater extent of suitable country. 



11. Chalcophaps ixdica. 



Chalcophaps indie a (Linn.); Salvad. torn. cit. p. 514. 



Another bird which is exceedingly numerous in all jungle 

 except that of the swampy coastal tract, ascending the 

 mountains to over 5000 feet. 



The " apunai tana/' as it is called by the Malays, is much 

 trapped with the aid of a bamboo call-pipe, and is sometimes 

 brought into the towns in large numbers for sale as food. 



CaLOSNAS XICOBAR1CA. 



Calvenas nicobarica (Linn.) ; Salvad. torn. cit. p. 615. 



The Nicobar Pigeon is a migratory bird in the Straits of 

 Malacca, and is apparently found on several islands, but 

 only during the winter months. 



We obtained specimens on Pulau Jarak in December 

 1904. Seimund met with it, though he failed to secure 

 specimens, on Pulau Rumbia, one of the Sembilan Islands, 

 in March 1909, and one of us spent a long and sultry after- 

 noon stalking an old cock bird on a small but very steep 

 islet in Wanderer Bay, Terutau, in December 1907. The 

 old fellow was so wary that we only caught an occasional 

 glimpse of his white tail, and never got a shot at him. 



The species is probably found on Pulau Pisang, betweeu 

 Malacca and Singapore, but no specimens have been actually 

 obtained from there, though we have had accounts of a 

 wonderful " merpati mas'" or "golden pigeon/' which has 

 been killed by flying into the lighthouse. 

 [To be continued.] 



