1849.] in the Asiatic Society's Museum. 817 



No. 1407. C. (?) ? General aspect of typical Carpophaga, but 



the wings and tail comparatively very short, and the colouring much as 

 in Chalcophaps. Head and throat dull vinaceous-brown, deepest on 

 the occiput, paler about the forehead, and passing to deep bay or 

 reddish-ferruginous on the breast, again paling and passing to dingy 

 isabelline on the vent and lower tail-coverts : nape pure ashy : mantle 

 and wings deep emerald-green, bronzed on the middle of the back, and 

 passing to fine garnet-red on the upper tail-coverts : tail glossed with 

 the same, and blackish with the terminal fourth pale grey. Length of 

 wing 7i in. ; and tail A\ in. This very beautiful species was obtained 

 on an islet off the coast of Waigou. 



No. 1413. Palumbus torquattjs, Asiatic or Himalayan variety. 

 Only differs from the European race in having the neck-patch constantly 

 of a pale buff colour instead of white, and generally much less deve- 

 loped, being often nearly obsolete. Common in the N. W. Himalaya. 



No. 1427. Geopelia albiventris, nobis ; Columba Maugei(?), 

 Temminck. This species differs from G. tranquilla of Australia in having 

 the barring of the breast carried much further down, and extending 

 across the breast (which is not the case with G. striata of the Malay 

 countries), and the abdomen and lower tail-coverts are pure white, 

 without any rufescent tinge. From Timor, whence not unfrequently 

 brought alive to Calcutta, together with Turtur bitorquatus, Chalco- 

 phaps chrysochlora (the Australian species), and numbers of Cacatua 

 sulphurea. Though named albiventris in the Catalogue, we have now 

 reason to suppose it to be G. Maugei. 



Nos. 1467 to 1470. Euplocomus. There are four well marked 

 races of Kallij Pheasants severally inhabiting different parts of the 

 Himalaya, Asam, and the Burmese countries ; and they seem to inter- 

 breed freely together in the wild state, producing every gradation of 

 intermediate variety, wherever either of them comes in contact with 

 another in the same region. This is most remarkably shewn in Eu. 

 lineatus (No. 1467) of Tenasserim, &c, and Eu. Horsfieldi (No. 

 1468) of Asam and Sylhet, the intermediate Arakan race shewing every 

 possible gradation from one to the other : and the Nipalese Phasianus 

 leucomelanos, Latham, intermediately placed to Eu. albocristatus (No. 

 1470) of the N. W. Himalaya and Eu. melanotus (No. 1469) of the 

 Sikim ranges, is in like manner intermediate ; the male having a black 



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