KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 151 
The Bronze-winged Dove is generally distributed throughout the well-wooded 
parts of Siam and it was quite as common in the Siamese Malaya as in the Northern 
Districts. It generally lives on the ground among the thick undergrowth and when flushed 
up it never takes long flights but soon pitches again on some of the lower branches of a 
tree. It likes the environs of small forest streams best of all, and is generally flushed up 
from the banks of the rivers. When flying it has an incredible speed and is rather diffi- 
cult to shoot among the tangle of vegetation. 
During my stay among the mountains on the Tenasserim boundary I several times 
was sitting over salt-licks in order to shoot some big game and in the afternoon just be- 
fore dusk numbers of these beautiful Doves came down to drink. 
Fam. Columbide. 
334. Alsocomus puniceus. Tick. — The Purple Wood-Pigeon. 
Alsocomus puniceus: Gairdner p. 39; Gairdner p. 151. 
Columba punicea: Robinson & Kloss p. 674. 
do Hue Sai “4/1 1915. L = 850 mm.; W = 207 mm.; T = 140 mm.; C = 17 mm. — Irides: reddish 
yellow. Bill: yellowish white. Legs: pink. 
The Purple Wood-Pigeon was extremely rare in the parts of the country visited 
by the Expedition. I only met with it once in the dense evergreen forests which cover 
the mountain chain dividing Siam and Tenasserim. 
In the Northern hill forests with a similar kind of vegetation I never observed it. 
Besides this record there are only a few more records about the occurrence of this 
species in Siam. 
Outside Siamese Territory it has been found in Eastern Bengal, Assam, Burma, 
Cochin China and the Malay Peninsula but it seems to be rather rare everywhere. It 
generally goes about single, in pairs or in small flocks of about 4—6 individuals. 
335. Macropygia tusalia. Hopas. —- The Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove. 
d Koon Tan 1%, 1914. L = 318 mm.; W = 175 mm.; C = 16 mm, — Irides: whitish pink. Bill: 
horn colour. Legs: purple. 
During the whole journey only three specimens of this beautiful Dove were ob- 
served at Koon Tan on the 16th of May 1914 and one fine male was procured. This 
specimen turned out to be the typical M. t. tusalia BLYTH. and not the smaller southern 
race which has been named M. t. leptogrammica Temm. This latter form inhabits the 
Malay Peninsula, Java and Sumatra and may possibly occur in the southern parts of 
the Siamese Malaya. 
Fam. Treronide. 
336. Sphenocercus apicauda. Hopas. — The Pin-tailed Green Pigeon. 
3 Koon Tan */, 1914. L = 283 mm; W = 157 mm; C = 20 mm. — @ Bang Hue Pong °"/s 
1914. L = 285 mm; W=152 mm; T= 111 mm; C = 20 mm. — @ Koon Tan 4/5 1914. L = 255 
mm.; W = 145 mm.; T = 107 mm.; C = 21 mm. — Irides: whitish red. Bill: green. Legs: pink. Orbital 
skin: pale blue. 
