210 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vot. XI, 
Iris siennabrown, bill and cere dark olive green, feet 
light purplish red, claws blackish grey. 
Wings, 3 146; ¢° 139 mm. 
16. Muscadivora aenea aenea (Linn.). 
6, 2. Talang Ampat, Bencoolen, 40 M. 
Iris purplish red, eyelids red, orbital skin grey ; bill 
grey, cere purplish brown ; feet brownish purple with a red 
tinge. 
Wings, 3 237; @ 227 mm. 
17. Muscadivora badia badia (Raffles). 
Carpophaga badia R. &. K., I, p. 107. 
6. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. 
6. Air Gaung Ketjil, Mt. Dmepu, 1000 M. 
g. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts 1200 M. 
2. Bukit Sonsang, Solok, Padang Highlands, 900 M. 
“Tris white to light grey, always with a dark grey 
outer ring, eyelids and orbital skin purplish crimson, bill 
purplish crimson, tip whitish horn, cere purplish maroon, 
feet brownish claret, claws dirty white.” 
Wings, ¢ 238, 238, 235; 2 228 mm. 
The female (31st October), had a perfect egg in her 
oviduct. 
The Minangkabau name is pargam, no distinction 
being made from M. aenea, whereas Myristicivora bicolor 
is called rau. 
The birds live in pairs or small flocks of three to five 
individuals. The booming sound they emit is very charac- 
teristic. I found them at a lower limit than mentioned 
by Robinson and Kloss (p. 107), viz., about 3300 feet. 
They feed on very large fruits with big kernels, which they 
swallow entire. 
COLUMBIDAE. 
18. Macropygia leptogrammica leptogrammica (Temm.). 
R. & K., I, p. 108. 
¢. Koto Alam, Pajokumbuh, 320 M. 
¢. Ulu Air, Pajokumbuh, 820 M. 
Wings 173, 178 MM. 
These birds are often offered for sale at Fort de Kock 
by natives and get very tame a few days after they have 
been trapped. They are very fond of cooked rice and breed 
freely in captivity. A clutch consists of a single egg and 
the nest is made of little twigs roughly piled together as 
is usual with pigeons, 
