A COLLECTION OF BIRD-SKINS FROM SIAM. 31 



These birds seem rather large, the wings varying from 125 

 in a young bird to 129 mm. in the largest bird, an adult male, but a 

 few other specimens in the British Museum collection from the 

 extreme south are as big. 



1 can find no differences between specimens from Sumatra, 

 the type locality, and others from Borneo and the mainland. 



-/-' 242. Treron vernans vernans. 



Columba vernans, Linn., Mant., p. 526 (1771). 



$ Klong Wang Hip, P. Siam, 30. 6. 15. 



d$ Maprit, P. Siam, '7. 1. 16. 



6 Klong Bang Lai, P. Siam 25. 1. 16, 



The type locality for vernans is the Philippines (Brisson, 

 Orni. i., p. 143, 1760), but Oberholser has recently described new races 

 from the islands of Niao and Simalur. 



•jr 243. Treron curvirostra curvirostra. 



Columba curvirostra, Gmel., Syst. Nat., i. pt. 2, p. 777 (1788). 



2d? Hup Bon, S. E. Siam, 25-27. 7. 15. 



2d2 2 Pak Jong, 17. 8. 15 to 21. 8. 15. 



6 Krabin, C. Siam, 2. 11. 15. 



6 Hinlap, E. Siam, 7. 12. 15. 



Oberholser points out ( Smith. Misc. Coll. vol. 60. No. 7, p. 3, 

 1912) that the oldest name for this green pigeon is undoubtedly curvi- 

 rostra, of Gmelin, which must replace nepalensis of Hodgson. He 

 designates the Malay Peninsula — rather a wide designation — as the 

 type locality for the typical race, and creates several new races from 

 various islands. In my " Indian Pigeons and Doves" I had already 

 pointed out that curvirostra was the proper specific name for this 

 Treron ( p. 68 ), and I there showed that the correct type locality 

 was Sumatra, and this must therefore now stand and not the Malay 

 Peninsula, though I am unable to separate the birds from the two 

 localities. 



-f- 244. MUSCADIVORA AENEA SYLVATICA. 

 Columba sylvatica, Tick., J. A. S. B., ii, p. 581 ( 1833). 



2 6 Krabin C. Siam, 2-16.11.15. 



I have already shown in " Indian Pigeons and Doves " 

 (p. 93 ) that it is quite impossible to divide the Southern Indian 



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