141 



A hard set egg was secured on Koli Peimau on May 27tli. The 

 nest consisted of a few loosely woven twigs placed in a small bush 

 about five feet off the ground. 



CARPOPHAGA JGNEA. 



Carpophaga xnea (Linn.) ; Salvad., toni. cit., ]). 190. 

 The Bronze Imperial Pigeon was numerous on botli islands ; 

 specimens were shot but not preserved. 



COLUMBID^. 

 i. TURTUR TIGRINUS. 



antea, p. 88. 



Exceedingly abundant on both islands. We [U'eserved a male 

 from Koh Pennan. . 



5. CHALCOPHAPS INDICA. - 



antea, p. 88. 



Fairly common in the jungle on botli islands. We obtained two 

 males on Koh Saiuui. 



KALLID^. 

 H. LniNOB.ENUS PUSCUS. 



Limnobienus fiisciis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 

 p. 146 (1894). 



One male from Koh Samui. 



"Iris and orbits red, bill Ijluish green, legs pale coral, claws 

 black." 



7. AMAURORXI.S PHlEXICURA CHINEXSIS (BoUD). 



Amaurornis phienicura chinensis (Bodd:), Stresemann Nov. Zool., 

 vol. XX, p. 304 (1913). 



Amaurornis pheenicura (Forst.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 156 ; 

 Robinson and Kloss, Ibis., 1911, p. 11. 



Fairly common on Koli Samui ; not noted on Koh Pennan. 



" Iris chocolate, bill greenish yellow, orange on culmen, feet wax 

 yellow " ; wing 156, 154. 



These specimens confirm Stresemann's diagnosis having the upper 

 surface olive (less grey) and the rump strongly washed with bronze. 



HELiORNITHID^. 

 8. HELKiPAIS PERSONATA. 

 Heliopais personata (G.R.Gv.) : Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 232; Bonliote, 

 P.Z.S. 1901 (i), p. 79. 



The Masked Fiufoot is widely distributed throughout the Malay 

 Peninsula in very varied situations from sluggish mangrove creeks 

 to rapid mountain streams but is nowhere common. One of our 

 Dyaks obtained a fine male specimen in full plumage on a small 

 stream on Koh Pennan. 



" Iris dark hazel, feet apple gi'een with a tinge of blue, edges of 

 lobes and soles yellowish, lobes black beneath. Bill clirome yellow, 

 yellowish green on culmen, basal culminal process chrome yellow." 



