KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56- .VO 2. I t!» 



In this latter locality they were perhaps more common than np in thc Nortli. They most 

 often frequented small pools and swamps situated in well-wooded districts. but frerealso 

 observed in thick shrub-jungles rather far away from water. It runs very quick and 

 at tlic slightest sign of danger it at once disappears into the impenetrable shrub. 



328. Porphyrio poliocephalus. Lath. - The Purple Moorhen. 



Porphyrio poliocephalus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 68; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 152. 

 Porphyrio ccelestis: Finsch & Conrad p. 359. 



J Ghieng Ilai '/s 1914. L — 410 mm.; W = 246 mm.; T == 106 mm.; 15 — 36 mm.; Tarsus 87 

 mm. — Irides: carmine. Bill: reddisli yellow. Legs: påle pink. 



At the great swamps of Central »Siarn this species was not rare though shy and diffi- 

 cult to obtain. At a swamp outside Chieng Hai a few specimens were also observed and 

 one fine male was shot. 



A near ally P. cälvus edwardsi Elliot has also been found in Siarn (vide: Ibis 

 18H4 under the name of P. smaragdinotis). 



Fani. Peristerise. 



329. Streptopelia turtur meena. Sykes. The Indian Rufous Turtle-Dove. 



Streptopelia turtur mer nu: Gyldenstolpe III p. 235. 



My Dyak collector shot a single specimen of the Indian Rufous Turtle-Dove at 

 the neighbourhood of Koon Tan, but the specimen got too badly damaged to be pre- 

 served. 



]t is apparently very scarce in Siarn and besides my own specimen I only know 

 about another one which also was shot at Koon Tan by Mr. Eisenhofer's native collector. 



330. Streptopelia suratensis tigrina. Temm. — The Burmese Spotted Döve. 



Turtur tigrinus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 66; Gyldenstolpe II; Williamson I p. 47; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 151: 

 Muller p. 431: Robinson & Kloss p. 675; Grant p. 121; Bonhote p. 77; Robinson I p. 88; Robinson 

 II p. 142. 



Turtur suratensis: Gould p. 151; Scliomburgk p. 252. 



Streptopelia suratensis tigrina: Robinson III p. 724; Gyldenstolpe III p. 235. 



c? Ban Meh Na 2 Vg 1914. L = 288 mm.; W = 142 mm.; T = 157 mm.; C = 16 mm. — J Chum 

 Poo 2 /s 1914. L = 320 mm.; W = 148 mm.; T = 158 mm.; C = 16,:. mm. — <$ Doi Par Sakeng u / 7 1914. 

 L = 286 mm.: W = 151 mm.; T = 158 mm.; C = 17 mm. — $ Koon Tan 6 /g 1914. L = 295 mm.; 

 W = 146 mm,; T — 150 mm.; C = 17 mm. — Irides: yellowisb brown. Bill: black. Legs: purple. 



Very common in every part of Siarn where there is open or eultivated land. It 

 ne ver occurs in dense evergreen forests, where there is much undergrowth but is generally 

 seen in clearings. It keeps on the ground searching for food on the rice-fields, only 

 moving up in a tree when it is resting or has been disturbed in some way. 



