THE BIRDS OF SOUTH-WEST AND PENINSULAR SIAM. 35 



the form found in Perak, Province Wellesley and further soutli : 

 while those from Peninsular Siam to the north will probably agree 

 with M. assimilis, which is always a browner and less rufous bird. 

 The species is a skulker, found in thick undergrowth, and is 

 extraordinarily fond of the small chillies grown by Malays. In the 

 Federated Malay States it is nearly always abundant in the vicinity 

 of hot springs. 



30- Oenopopelia tranquebarica humilis (Temm.). 



Columba humilis, Temm., PI. Col., 1834, pi. 259 (Bengal and Luzon). 

 Turtur humilis, Waldeii, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix, 1875, p. 219 (type 



locdity selected, Luzon) ; A., p. 423 (Pakchan) ; C. ii, 1883, 



p. 294 (Malay Peninsula). 

 Oenopopelia tranquebarica humilis, Stuart Baker, Indian Pigeons 



and Doves, 1913, p. 234, pi. 23; I., p. 150 (Koh Lak) ; K., 



p. 84 (Koh Lak). 

 Oenopopelia tranquebarica, G., p. 151 (Ratburi and Petchaburi). 



Pakchan is the southernmost authenticated locality for this 

 species : no credence need be placed on the locality "Malacca", attach- 

 ed to certain specimens. 



Females differ considerably from males in being much less 

 vinous. 



31. Streptopelia chinansis tigrina (Temm. & Knip.). 



Columba tigrina, Temm. Pig. i, 1808-11, pi. 43 (Batavia). 



Turtur tigrina, A., p. 442^0. ii, 1883, p. 290; B., p. 79 (Junk 



Seylon); D., p. 77 (Patani) ; E., p. 121 (Patani) ; F., p. 67.5 



(Trang) ; fl., p. 88, 141 (Bandon and Koh Pennan) ; G., p. 151 



(Ratburi and Petchaburi). 

 Turttir tigrinus minor, Parrot, Abhandl. der K. Bayer. Akad. der 



Wissench. Munchen, ii, kl, xxiv, 1907, Bd. 1, p. 275 (Sumatra). 

 Streptopelia suratensis tigrina, Stuart Baker, Indian Pigeons and 



Doves, 1913, p. 210, pi. 21; J., p. 136 (Pulan Lontar) ; K., p. 83 



(Koh Lak) ; L., p. 90 (Junk Seylon, etc.) ; M.l, p. 32 (Tung 



Song). 

 2 (S. Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam. 11 March, 

 1919. [Nos. 4535, 6]. 



d, ?. Koh Lak, S. W. Siam. 4-7 April, 1919. [Nos. 5015. 

 5147]. 



!• Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. IWI. Baker, Journ. N. H. Soe. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2, 1916. (first part). 



J. Eobinson, Journ. F. M. S. Mus. vii, 1917. Baker, .Tourn. N. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



K- Kloss, Ibis, 1918. (second part). 



!■• Robinson and Kloss, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, M.l. Baker, .Journ. N. H. Roc. Siam, iv, 19'20. 



iii, 1919. (third part*. 



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