KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 149 
In this latter locality they were perhaps more common than up in the North. They most 
often frequented small pools and swamps situated in well-wooded districts, but were also 
observed in thick shrub-jungles rather far away from water. It runs very quick and 
at the slightest sign of danger it at once disappears into the impenetrable shrub. 
328. Porphyrio poliocephalus. Lara. — The Purple Moorhen. 
Porphyrio poliocephalus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 68; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 152. 
Porphyrio celestis: Finsch & Conrad p. 359. 
o¢ Chieng Hai !/s 1914. L = 410 mm.; W = 246 mm.; T = 106 mm; Lb = 36 mm.; Tarsus = 87 
mm. — Irides: carmine. Bill: reddish yellow. Legs: pale pink. 
At the great swamps of Central Siam this species was not rare though shy and diffi- 
cult to obtain. At a swamp outside Chieng Hai a few specimens were also observed and 
one fine male was shot. 
A near ally P. calvus edwardsi Evtior has also been found in Siam (vide: Ibis 
1864 under the name of P. smaragdinotis). 
Fam. Peristerie. 
329. Streptopelia turtur meena. Syxes. -— The Indian Rufous Turtle-Dove. 
Streptopelia turtur meena: Gyldenstolpe III p. 235. 
My Dyak collector shot a single specimen of the Indian Rufous Turtle-Dove at 
the neighbourhood of Koon Tan, but the specimen got too badly damaged to be pre- 
served. 
It is apparently very scarce in Siam and besides my own specimen I only know 
about another one which also was shot at Koon Tan by Mr. EISENHOFER’s native collector. 
330. Streptopelia suratensis tigrina. Trxmm. — The Burmese Spotted Dove. 
Turtur tigrinus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 66; Gyldenstolpe II; Williamson I p. 47; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 151; 
Miller p. 431; Robinson & Kloss p. 675; Grant p. 121; Bonhote p. 77; Robinson I p. 88; Robinson 
II p. 142. 
Turtur suratensis: Gould p. 151; Schomburgk p. 252. 
Streptopelia suratensis tigrina: Robinson III p. 724; Gyldenstolpe III p. 2385. 
Jf Ban Meh Na *4/s 1914. L = 288 mm; W = 142 mm; T = 157 mm.; C = 16 mm. — do Chum 
Poo #/5 1914. L = 320 mm.; W = 148 mm.; T = 158 mm.; C = 16,5 mm. — Doi Par Sakeng 14/; 1914. 
L= 286 mm: W= 151 mm; T= 158 mm; C == 17 mm. — @ Koon Tan %/s 1914. L = 295 mm; 
W = 146 mm,; T = 150 mm.; C = 17 mm. — Trides: yellowish brown. Bill: black. Legs: purple. 
Very common in every part of Siam where there is open or cultivated land. It 
never occurs in dense evergreen forests, where there is much undergrowth but is generally 
seen in clearings. It keeps on the ground searching for food on the rice-fields, only 
moving up in a tree when it is resting or has been disturbed in some way. 
