136 Journal oj the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII, 



3. Carpophaga aenea aenea (Linn.). 



Salvad. torn. cit. p. 190 ; Robinson, antea, vol. V, p. 141 

 (1915) ; Robinson, Ibis, 1915, p. 723 ; Gyldenstolpe, p. 155. 



a. ? . Telok Wau, Terutau. 24th December, 1916. 



[No. 373I-] 



b. 1. Koh Muk (Pulau Muntia, Trang, S.W. Siam, 



7th January, 1917. TNo. 3910.] 

 " Iris dark red, bill slate, feet maroon." 

 The Bronze Imperial Pigeon was fairly common in all 

 the islands at the time of our visit but hard to get, as it 

 was not flighting and always flew extremely high. The pair 

 preserved are distinctly larger than those obtained in S.E. 

 Siam by Mr. Kloss ; wing 235 mm. against 209, but several 

 names are available both for the eastern and southwestern 

 races, if separated. All the Malayan birds belong to the 

 typical Linnean race, whose type locality has been designated 

 by Hartert as the Lesser Sunda Islands. 



4. Columba punicea (Tick.). 



Columba punicea, Salvad. tow. cit. p. 306; Robinson 

 and Kloss. p. 674. 



Alsocomus puniceus, Stewart Baker. Indian Pigeons 

 and Doves, p. 176, PL 18 (1913) ; Gyldenstolpe p. 151. 



a-c. 2<J,?. Koh Muk (Pulau Muntia), Trang, S.W. 



Siam. 4-5th January, 1917. [No. 3841, 



2, 3858.] 



" his, inner ring yellow, outer oranye shading into 



the inner ring, orbits plum, bill plum at base, whitish horn 



at tip, feet pinkish maroon. 



Two of these birds sexed male have the cap, pale pearly 

 white very sharply defined, the bird marked female having 

 it dull slate. A specimen from Terutau however which is 

 sexed female in all respects resembles the males so that 

 Stewart Barker is probably correct in his statement that the 

 sexes, when fully adult, are identical in colouration. One 

 male has the undersurface amethystine grey, not a somewhat 

 vinaceous chestnut as in the other specimens. 



This magnificent pigeon was very common on Koh Muk 

 during the three days we were there, though they only 

 appeared at dusk, probably from the adjacent mainland, 

 roosting in tall mangroves a little way back from the beach 

 in parties of thirty or forty. As Bingham describes it, the 

 note is a booming coo somewhat like that of Carpophaga 

 aenea but not nearly so loud or deep. 



5. Streptopelia suratensis tigrina (Temm.) 

 Turtur tigrinus (Temm. and Knip.) Salvad. torn. cit. 



p. 440; Robinson and Kloss, p. 675: Robinson, antea, vol. V, 

 pp. 88, 142. 



