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Lord Walden on a Collection of Birds 



45. Carpophaga venea (Linn.), S. N. i. p. 283, (1776), 

 ex Briss. 



Palumbus moluccensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. 148, "ex Moluccis 

 insulis." % 



Columba sylvatica, Tickell, J. A. S. B. 1833, p. 581, « Jun- 

 gles of Borabhum and Dholbhum." 



" S. Andaman : £ , iris brown ; eyelids with a red margin ; 

 feet and legs pink." 



Seven examples, all killed in the month of January, and 

 identical with Indian. I have elsewhere shown that Indian, 

 Ceylon, Burmese, Javan, Bornean, and even Philippine in- 

 dividuals cannot well be specifically separated. Young birds 

 in this species appear to have the under tail-coverts of a 

 lighter shade than adults. 



46. ?Macropygia rufipennis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1846, 

 p. 371, " Southern Nicobar;" Ball, op. cit. 1872, p. 287. 

 no. 47, " Andamans." 



"S. Andaman: S , bill, legs, and feet purplish pink: De- 

 cember and January." 



The Nicobar and Andaman birds have yet to be compared. 

 Von Pelzeln (Voy. Novara, Vog. p. 109) describes the iris 

 in the Nicobar Macropygia as being white surrounded by 

 cherry-red, the bill chestnut-brown, the feet dark violet-red, 

 and the claws dark brown. From Mr. Blytlrs original de- 

 scription (/. c.) it is to be inferred that in the Nicobar bird 



