78 A COLLECTION OF BIEDS FROM N. E. SUMATRA. 



mantle much reduced, but the green glossy barring much more 

 marked. The white tips to the feathers of the breast are 

 much reduced and the black markings are much more pro- 

 nounced. 



Type. Adult male. Gunong Talaman, 1300 m. (4250 

 ft.) Ophir district, W. Sumatra, collected on 3rd June 1917 

 by E. Jacobson. 



"Iris white: bill chocolate brown, feet strawberry red/' 

 (E. J.). 



Measurements in the flesh. . Total length 298 ; wing 132 ; 

 tail 143; bill from gape 19.5; tarsus 17 mm. 



Specimens examined. Eighteen. 



A very large series from the Malay Peninsula seems to 

 come closest to the form from Borneo, but we have not as yet 

 been able to compare them with authentic specimens of M. r. 

 assimilis, Hume, of which the type locality is the hill country 

 N. E. of Moulmein. 



PERISTERIDAE. 



11. Streptopelia suratensis tigrina(Temm. and Knip). 



Eobinson and Kloss, p. 111. 



Turtur tigrinus, Hartert, p. 216. 



9 Polonia, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 3rd November 1916. 



9 Toentoengan, Deli, ]\ T . E. Sumatra, 10th November 

 1917 [No. 580]. 



2 No details, 19th May 1916. " Feet strawberry colour, 

 bill black." 



Wing, $ , 134, 138, 135 mm. 



These specimens agree with others from Eastern Sumatra 

 and from the Malay Peninsula in having the wing under 140 

 mm. whereas those from Western Sumatra and Java, which is 

 the typical locality, range from 140-158 mm. The smaller 

 bird has been named by Parrot Turtur tigrinus minor J but 

 in default of larger series we do not for the present propose to 

 accept this sub-species. 



12. Geopelia striata (Linn.). 



Hartert, p. 217. 



2 $ Polonia, Deli, N. E. Sumatra, 30th April 1916, 8th 

 November 1916 [No. 724]. 



9 Tanjong Morawa, Serdang, N. E. Sumatra, 27th 

 March 1917 [No. 183]. 



$ 2 imm., Deli, N. E. Sumatra. 

 Wing, $ , 98, 96, 99 ; $ , 94 mm. 



fAbhandl der Konigl. Bayer. Akad. der Wissensch. 11. Kl. XXIV Bd 

 1 p. 275 (190^. 



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