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tlian the male, and wants the bright orange patch on the 

 breast, which in the case of the males seems to deepen in 

 colour as the bird advances in age. 



OsMOTRERON FULVICOLLIS, Wagl. 



I did not meet with this species, but saw specimens which 

 had been shot by Mr. Davison's collector in Johore. 



Carpophaga ^nea (Linn.). The Imperial Pigeon. 



This magnificent Pigeon, the '' Pergam " of the Malays, is 

 plentiful throughout Western Malayana, keeping in parties 

 of from five to fifteen or twenty. 



It is not easily shot, being very wary and usually selecting 

 the highest trees to perch on, often settling so high up as to 

 be out of gun-shot. I got specimens in Perak, Larut, Ma- 

 lacca, Moar, Johore, Singapore, and the neighbouring isles. 



On 9th August 1877, near Segamet, on the Moar river, 

 I shot one while feeding on hard brown berries, in appear- 

 ance rather like chestnuts, and of such a size as to make one 

 wonder how the bird could possibly get them into its mouth. 

 It was a female, length 18 inches ; legs, irides, and nude 

 orbits red, bill slaty, head, neck, and underparts delicate 

 French grey, upper parts beautiful metallic shades of green 

 and blue, wing-quills dusky, under tail-coverts chestnut. 



Another, Avhich I shot at Saiyong, a hundred miles up the 

 Perak river, was rather smaller than the above. 



Carpophaga bicolor (Scop.). 



At certain seasons this large black-and-white Pigeon is 

 not uncommon among the wooded islands to the south of the 

 peninsula. 



During September and October 1879, while stationed at 

 Singapore, I heard that these birds were plentiful at Pulo 

 Mongsa, Point Miriam, and Tanjong Surat. I made expedi- 

 tions to those places, but without success, not even seeing a 

 single bird — though the natives were well acquainted with 

 them and told me that sometimes they came in great num- 

 bers to feed on jungle-fruit, even showing the particular 

 trees. 



