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PERISTERID^ 

 Spilopelia tigrina (Temminck and Knip). 



On several occasions in more or less open places along the 

 trails I encountered the Malay spotted dove in pairs or in groups 

 of four and five. It was not an abundant species. Usually the 

 birds were on the ground; sometimes at low elevations in the 

 scrub thicket. I have records from Brooke's Point, Bonabona, 

 Candauaga, Tagbariri, and Calatugas. One specimen was taken 

 at the first mentioned locality. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus). 



I often saw the Indian bronze-winged dove in the forest, al- 

 ways singly as I have found it elsewhere. This species is always 

 wary, is very swift on the wing, and darts through the woods 

 at a rate of speed that would seem to threaten collision with 

 tree trunks and other obstacles. In a dark forest it seems but 

 a moving shadow. My notes record the species from Brooke's 

 Point, Dandelit, Candauaga, Bonabona, Puerto Princesa, and 

 Balabac. 



Caloenas nicobarica (Linnseus). 



On March 15 I flushed two Nicobar pigeons in the deep forest 

 at Brooke's Point but did not get the specimens, nor did I find 

 the species at other times. They were reported to me as occur- 

 ring commonly at Balabac and on the west coast of Palawan, but 

 I did not see them at either place. Locally they were known 

 as siete colores. 



CHARADRIID^ 



Arenaria interpres (Linnseus). 



A single turnstone was seen on the coral reef at Brooke's 

 Point on April 1. I was unarmed at the time, and when I re- 

 turned with a gun the bird had disappeared. 



Squatarola squatarola (Linnseus). 



On April 1 I found a flock of black-bellied plovers at Brooke's 

 Point and secured one of the lot. This was the only occasion 

 that I met with the species in Palawan. 



Ochthodromus geoffroyi (Wagler). 



Plovers of the genus Ochthodromus were occasionally seen 

 along the beach at Brooke's Point and Sarong. The single speci- 

 men that I secured at Brooke's Point is O. geoffroyi to which 

 species possibly all the individuals that I saw belong, although 



