49 
cl. Always with metallic bronzy ү 
in the plumage ... бз w Ch. indica p. 56 
2 
c. With no т whatever in the 
plumag 
k. pars of the hind-neck 
urcate, checquered 
black and white e. T. tigrinus р. 57 
kl, Feathers of the hind-neck 
normal. 
~w 
В 
Outer tail primi Loo 
tipped wit 
m. — of the neck, breast 
flanks white with 
eli black bars |... G. striata p. 56 
m. Sides of the neck, breast 
and flanks unbarred... T. humilis р. 56 
l. Outer tail feathers not 
tipped with white. 
^. Outer tail feathers grey, 
size large... e. M.leptogram- 
mica р. 54 
nl. Outer tail feathers rufous, 
i wey .. M.ruficeps р. 55 
+1. CALOENAS NICOBARICA—THE NICOBAR PIGEON. 
Caloenas nicobarica (Linn.); Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p. 615 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-list of Birds, i. p. 91 (1899) 
The Nicobar Pigeon is a heavily built bird, almost entirely 
terrestrial in its habits, only making use of its wings when hard-pressed. 
It has, however, been known to traverse stretches of sea exceeding one 
red miles. It is almost exclusively an inhabitant of small islands, 
where it frequents the brushwood enu the shore, feeding on the ground 
and roosting at night in small t 
_ Locari LITIES IN Igea PENINSULA.— The occurrence of this bird ina — 
ава obiginally fes p ee tials or some more distant cir 
these birds being frequent domesticated by Malays. The only 
authentic мане Wi hin the limits of the Straits Settlements is Pulau 
Jarak, a small island about thirty miles west of Pangkor in the 
where two specimens were кагышы by myself in December, 
1904, the bird being by no means uncomm, 
RAL RaNGE.—From the Andamans and Nicobars ош 
GENE 
the islands of the Malay сютюн сызын. eastwards to New Guinea, New 
Britain and the Solomon Islan 
x тч. oy a EA. 
ivi .Bot.Gardon 
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