MALAYAN OENIfHGLOGr, 2§ 



in the ease of the males seems to deepen in colour as the bird 

 advances in age. 



OsMOTBEBO^ FULVICOLLIS (Wagl.). 



I did not meet with this species, but saw specimens which had 

 been shot by Mr. Dayison's collector in Johor. 



Cabpophaou. ^nea (Linn.). The Imperial Pigeon. 



This magnificent Pigeon, the li Pergam" of the Malays, is plenty 

 ful throughout Western Malaya, keeping in parties of from five 

 to fifteen or twenty. 



It is not easily shot, being very wary and usually selecting the 

 highest trees to perch on, often settling so "high up as to be out of 

 gun-shot. I got specimens in Perak, Larut, Malacca, Moar, Johor, 

 Singapore, and the neighbouring isles. 



On 9th August, 1887, near Segamat, on the Moar river, I shot 

 one while feeding on hard brown berries, in appearance rather like 

 chestnuts, and of such a size as to make one wonder how the bird 

 could possibly get them into its mouth. It was a female, length 

 18 inches ; legs, irides, and nude orbits red ; bill slaty ; head, neck, 

 and underparts delicate French grey ; upper parts beautiful metallic 

 shades of green and blue ; wing-quills dusky ; under tail-coverts 

 chestnut. 



Another, which I shot at Sayong, a hundred miles up the Perak 

 river, was rather smaller than the above. 



Cabpophaga bicolob (Scop.). 



At certain seasons this large black-and-white Pigeon is not un- 

 common among the wooded islands to the south of the Peninsula. 



During September and October, 1879, while stationed at Singa- 

 pore, I heard that these birds were plentiful at Pulan Mongsa, 

 Point Miriam, and Tanjong Surat. I made expeditions to those 

 places, but without success, not even seeing a single bird— though 

 the natives were well acquainted with them and told me that some- 

 times they came in great numbers to feed on jungle-fruit, even 

 showing the particular trees. 



Ttjbtub tigbinus (Temm.) The Spotted Dove. 



This Dove is exceedingly plentiful throghout the west of the pen- 

 insula, where its plaintive cooing is one of the most noticeable of 

 bird-sounds, both away from civilization, and also in the gardens of 



