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A hard set egg was secured on Koh Pennan on May 27th. The 
nest consisted of a few loosely woven twigs placed in a small bush 
about five feet off the ground. 
CARPOPHAGA NEA. 
Carpophaga enea (Linn.); Salvad., tom. cit., p. 190. 
The Bronze Imperial Pigeon was numerous on both islands; 
specimens were shot but not preserved. 
COLUMBID 4s, 
4. TURTUR TIGRINUS. 
antea, p. 88. 
Exceedingly abundant on both islands. We preserved a male 
from Koh Pennan. 
5. CHALCOPHAPS INDICA. 
antea, p. 88. 
Fairly common in the jungle on both islands. We obtained two 
males on Koh Samui. 
RALLID Ai. 
6. LIMNOBANUS FUSCUS. 
Limnobenus fuscus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 
p- 146 (1894). 
One male from Koh Samui. 
“Tris and orbits red, bill bluish green, legs pale coral, claws 
black.” 
7. AMAURORNIS PH@NICURA CHINENSIS (Bopp). 
Amaurornis phenicura chinensis (Bodd.), Stresemann Noy. Zool., 
vol. xx, p. 304 (1913). 
Amaurornis phenicura (Forst.); Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 156; 
Robinson and Kloss, Ibis., 1911, p. 11. 
Fairly common on Koh Samui; not noted on Koh Pennan. 
“Tris 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. 
HELIORNITHIDA, 
8. HELIQPAIS PERSONATA, 
Heliopais personata (G.R.Gr.) ; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 232; Bonhote, 
P.Z.S. 1901 (i), p. 79. 
The Masked Finfoot 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. 
“Tris dark hazel, feet apple green with a tinge of blue, edges of 
lobes and soles yellowish, lobes black beneath. Bill chrome yellow, 
yellowish green on culmen, basal culminal process chrome yellow.” 
