84 Mr. C. Bodeii Kloss on Birds [Ibis, 



Very common everywhere in suitable localities, such as 

 open ground in tlie neighbourhood of villages. Often seen 

 feeding on the ground in large flocks, and when disturbed 

 only flies a short distance. 



~r^9. (Enopopelia tranquebarica humilis (Temm.). 



1 ? . Koh Lak. 



Iris dark ; orbital skin grey ; bill black ; feet dark fleshy- 

 brown. 



T.L. 242; W. 136. 



Very pale and grey on the under surface, with the brown 

 of the back and wings dull, differing notably in this respect 

 from another female (W. 137) from Chainat, Central Siam 

 (coll. H.R.H. Prince Churaporn) — in fact, the description 

 of the female of O. t. tranquebarica seems to well apply 

 to it. 



Mr. W, J. F. Williamson has lent me a pair of these 

 Doves from Bangkok, an intermediate locality. The female 

 is not quite so dull and grey as my example, which it 

 resembles in having a grey-tinged head and greyish feathers 

 immediately above the nuchal collar; but it is still quite 

 different from the bright brown Chainat bird, which has 

 very little grey on the abdomen and the neck concolorous 

 with the back below the black collar. 



A female from Manila, Philippine Islands, is yet paler 

 and more fulvous than the Chainat specimen, and has the 

 fore-neck and breast tinged with vinous (W. 127 ram.) ; 

 the male Bangkok bird agrees with a Manila male and is 

 about the same size. 



Turtur humilis of Temminck was stated to occur in 

 Bengal and the island of Luzon, and the former, as the 

 first region cited, should be regarded as the typical locality. 

 If Philippine birds differ, the name Columha cinerea of 

 Scopoli is available for them. 



0. t. humilis probably docs not extend southwards beyond 

 Tenasserim, and examples recorded from Malacca must 

 certainly have been cage-birds. 



