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being other than a race of T. suratensis, of India with Ceylon, but, except 

 where the two come in contact, the difference would seem to be maintained. 

 [Yey-tho, Thayet Myo {W. JR.). Mr. Hume, Str. Feath. iii. p. 164) 

 speaks of " typical tigrina from Sumatra." As the species, T. tigrinus, was 

 not described from a Sumatran individual, it is difficult to gather what is 

 meant by the expression " typical/'] 



*518. T. mee^a (J. 793). 

 Gyo-peing- tu-ma. 



Arakan, Tenasserim. A specimen of T. cambaiensis flew on board a 

 steamer when in sight of land on the voyage from Moulmein to Rangoon.* 4 

 [Tonghoo, Karen nee, at 4000 feet {W. B.).] 



[519. T. eisoeius (J. 796). 



Thayet Myo (F.). Professor Schlegel (Mus. P.-Bas, Columbae, p. 123) 

 adopts the title of T. douraca, Hodgs., for this Indian dove, and restricts the 

 Linnaean title to the domestic bird of Europe (t. c. p. 125). But all the 

 authors Linnaeus quotes described the bird from India. It is the Turtur 

 indicus of Aldrovandi, and Linnaeus says "habitat in India""] 



520. Maceopygia etjficeps. 

 Columba rujiceps, Tern. ; P.O. 561. 



Mergui, Province Wellesley, Java. A finer species akin to this inhabits 

 the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, M. ruftpennis, nobis ;f and the M. tusalia 

 is likely to occur on the higher mountains of Arakan, if not further south ; it 

 is not rare on the Khasias, and a smaller race of the same is described from 

 Hainan. J 



[This Javan species may occur as stated, but the following appears to be 

 the commoner form.] 



[521. M. ASSIMILIS. 

 M. assimilis, Hume, Str. Feath. ii. p. 441. 

 * Karen hills, at 3000 feet. Iris (¥ ), grey; bill and legs, vinous brown 

 {W. B.); Kollidoo (D.).] 



[522. M. tusalia (J. 791). 



Karen nee {W. B.); Kollidoo (2).)-] 



* Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 406. f J. A. S. B. xv. p. 371. 



% Ibis, 1870, p. 355. 



