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beta Toi 320 mm. W. 215. 
2 Pet. 5a0.— wes We 215, 220. 
Iris brownish orange. Bill black, whitish at base of upper 
mandible. Legs Jake-red. Claws dark horn. 
According to Blanford (loc. cit. supra; this subspecies of the 
Blue Rock-Pigeon of Europe has a wing measuring 9 inches (228.6 
mm.), whereas the wings of the five specimens above mentioned range 
from 219 to 220 mm., with an average of about 214.4 mm., or under 
84 inches. This fact made me somewhat doubtful whether the birds 
were genuine wild specimens, or semi-domesticated individuals. I 
have, however, submitted them to Mr. H. C. Robinson for examination; 
and he writes :—‘ 1 see no reason why your birds should not be con- 
sidered as this form, which has been recorded from ‘Siam’ by 
Schomburgk, and from Salanga f by Darling.” Personally, I am still 
doubtful of the five specimens here recorded, and I include them in 
this list with all reserve. 
44. Alsocomus puniceus Tickell. Zhe Purple lWood- 
Pigeon. 
Alsocomus puniceus, Gairdner, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1, 
pp. 39 and 151 ; Gyldenstolpe, 1916, p. 151 ; Kloss, Ibis, 1918, p. 83. 
2S. Koh Phra, Inner Gulf of Siam, March 1918. 
T. L. 885, 880 mm. W. 223, 216. 
The authors above quoted obtained their specimens in the 
Western and South-western divisions of the country, whereas mine 
were procured on a small island off the coast on the eastern side of the 
Inner Gulf of Siam. 
*45. Macropygia ruficeps (Temm.). Z’he Litile Malay 
Cuckoo- Dove. 
Mr. K. G. Gairdner obtained a specimen of this small long- 
tailed dove near Raheng, in the northern part of Central Siam, at a 
height of 1500 ft. in May 1917. 
(Length 134”. Tail 65”. Iris brown. Tarsus red. Bill 
fleshy, K. G. G.) 
+ Salanga, of the old authors, is the Siamese island of Puket, off the 
west coast of the Malay Peninsula, ‘Yo the inhabitants of British Malaya it is 
now known as Tongkah. 
VOL. III, NO. I, 1918. 
