36 MESSRS. ROBINSON AND KLOSS ON 



"Iris orange ; bill greyish black ; feet maroon". 



Total length 6, 306, 318, 317; 9, 305; wing d, 140, 141, 

 14.5; 9, 146; tail cf, 148, 152, 147 ; 9, 150 (Avorn); tarsu.s 6, 26, 

 25, 25; 9, 25; bill from gape 6, 22.5, 20; 9, 22 mm. 



Extraordinarily common over the whole area in family parties 

 or small flocks, keeping to open country. 



Tlie very large series that we have examined does not bear 

 out Parrot's contention that the mainland birds are smaller than 

 those from Jav^a, though topotypes of his race from Deli are under 

 140 mm. in the wing. 



32. Geopelia striata striata (Linn.). 



Columha striata, Linn., Sys^. Nat. i, 1766, p. 282 (E^st Indies) . 



Geopelia striata, A., p. 423; C. ii, 1883, p. 298; B., p. 79 (Junk 

 Sevlon) ; E., p. 121 (Patani); Stuart Baker, Indian Pigeons and 

 Doves, 1913, p. 253, pi. 26 ; H., p. 137 (Pulau Lontar) ; L , p. 90 

 (Ghirbi); Williamson, Journ. Nat Hist. Soc. Siam, ii, 1916, p. 72. 



Geo2)elia striata striata, M.l, p. 32 (Tung Song). 



2 d", Tapli, Pakchan Estuary, Peninsular Siam. 11 March, 

 1919. [Nos. 4533-8]. 



"Iris whitish, orbits silvery verditer ; cere silvery blue ; bill 

 pale horn ; feet dark maroon". 



Total length 230, 228; wing 98, 94; tail 108, 105; tarsus 21^ 

 20; bill from gape 16, 17 mm. 



Very common in open spaces with the preceding, possibly 

 becoming scarcer further north. 



33. Chalcophaps indica indica (Linn.). 



Columha indica, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, p. 284 (East Indies). 



Chalcophaps iwlica. A., p. 424; C. ii, 1883, p. 297; D., p. 77 

 (Patini); E., p. 122 (Patani); F., p. 675 (Trang) ; H., p. 88 

 (Bandon) ; id. op. cit. vii, 1917, p. 137 (Terutau) ; G., p. 151 

 (Ratburi and Petchaburi) ; Stuart Baker, Indian Pigeons and 

 Doves, 1913, p. 121 pi. 11 ; L., p. 90 (Ghirbi, Puket Islands). 



Chalcophaps indica indica, M.l, p. 32 (Tung Song and Patiyu). 



A. Hume iV Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 1905' 



B. Miiller, Die Oniis der Insel Salan^a, 188-2. F. Rohinson and Kloss. r)is, 1910-11. 



C. Oate», Birds Brit. Burnuih, Vols, i A: ii. 1883. O. (rairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. .Siam, i, 1915. 



D. Bonhote, P.Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Kobinson, Journ. F. M, S. Museums, v, 1915. 



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