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a. 6 ad. Pulo Gaya, May 4, 1885. 



b. J ad. Benkoka, Sept. 14, 1885. 



[Iris dark lake; tip of bill blue; the rest muddy lake-red, 

 like the feet. 



Common in the forests, feeding on fruits high on the 

 tops of the trees, often out of shot. This Pigeon has a loud 

 booming "coo." The natives have often told me that there 

 are two forms of this Pigeon in Borneo— a large species that 

 is generally found in pairs, and a small one that goes about 

 in flocks ; but I must say that I do not place any faith in 

 their statements. 



Found on Kina Bam up to 1000 feet. 

 Native name " Pergum."] 



275. Carpophaga badia. 



Carpophaga badia (Raffl.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 291; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1888, p. 396. 



a, b. $ ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 27, 1888. 

 c. ? ad. Kina Balu, March 10, 1888. 



[Fairly common, though local, on Kina Balu, on which 

 mountain, if the forest be suitable, it is found up to 6000 

 feet. It frequents high trees, like C. <enea, to which species 

 it assimilates in habits ; the note, however, is deeper. One of 

 my men found a nest of this Pigeon, which was placed in 

 the thick (old rice-field) jungle, and not in the forest. This 

 is a common habit of many forest species, to seek out quiet 

 spots in thick tangled jungle, where no doubt they are freer 

 from the attacks of monkeys, which must be the worst enemies 

 birds have in the tropics ; for two bright white eggs would 

 have but a faint chance of concealment if placed in a forest- 

 tree. 



Iris pale dull yellow ; skin round eye and on the nostrils 

 and feet muddy pink.] 



276. Carpophaga bicolor. 



Carpophaga bicolor (Scop.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 292 ■ Sharpe 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 349. 



Myristicivora bicolor, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 799. 



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