150 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOG1CAL EXPEDITJONS TO SIAM. 



In some parts of the country it was very sliy, in otlier it was quite tame. Generally 

 seen in pairs or small flocks but sometimes they could be seen in great numbers feeding 

 on the rice-fields. 



This species inhabits Assam, Manipur, Burma, Yiuman, »Siarn, Cochin China, the 

 Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



331. Oenopopelia tranquebarica humilis. Temm. The Burmese Red Turtle-Dove. 



Oenopopelia tranquebarica humilis: Gyldenstolpe 111 p. 235. 



Oenopopelia tranquebarica: Williamson 1 p. 47; Gairdner p. 31; Gairdner p. 151. 



Oenopopelia humilis: Gyldenstolpe II. 



Turtur humilis: Gould p. 151. 



<$ Koon Tan, May 1914. W = 142 mm.; T = 96 mm.; C = 13,5 mm. — $ Sop Tue 22 / 4 1914. 

 L == 225 mm.; W =^= 132 mm.; T = 91 mm.; C = 13,5 mm. — <j> Koh Lak 22 /i 1915. L = 212 mm.; 

 W = 132 mm.; T = 87 mm; C = 13,5 mm. — $ Koh Lak **/i 1915. L == 240 mm.: W = 135 mm.; 

 T = 97 mm.; C = 14 mm. — Iridcs: brownish black. Bill: black. Legs: blackish brown. 



The Burmese Red Turtle-Dove was very common indeed in the Siamese Malaya, 

 where it occurred in large flocks in company with the Burmese Spotted Döve (Strepto- 

 pelia suratensis tigrina Temm.). I never found it in dense forests but in every thin 

 tree- or bamboo-jungle it was very common though always at the vicinity of eultivated 

 land. 



In the northern parts of (hc country I also observed them but here they were less 

 common though occurring in the same kind of country as in the southern Districts. 



332. Geopelia Striata. Linn. The Barred Ground-Dove. 



G/eopelia striata: Williamson I p. 47; Muller p. 431; Grant p. 121. 



$ Bangkok u /g 1914. W = 94 mm.; T = 101 mm.; C = 13 mm. 



The Barred Ground-Dove seems to be very rare in »Siarn, where it is also very 

 locally distributed. 



During my former Expedition I never met with a single specimen, but during my 

 last journey I observed a few birds in a large fig-trec in one of the gardens in Bangkok. 

 Neither in Northern Siarn nor in the Siamese Malaya didl meet with this tiny littlc bird 

 during my travellings though I kept a careful lookout for it. In size as well as in the colour 

 of its plumage it is absolutely identical with specimens from Java. 



It is a common cage-bird among the natives in Bangkok. 



333. Chalcophaps indica. Linn. — The Bronze-winged Döve. 



Chalcophaps indica.- Gyldenstolpe I p. (56: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 234; Grant p. 120; Bonliote 

 p. 77; Robinson &, Kloss p. 675; Robinson l p. 88; Robinson II p. 141; Gairdner p. 151; Robinson 

 III p. 724. 



c? Pak Koh 24 / :i 1914. L = 250 mm.; W = 150 mm.; T = 10(i mm.; C f= lfi mm. — $ Pak Koh 

 21 /3 1914. L = 238 mm.; W = 141 mm.; T = 98 mm.; C = 15 mm. — J juv. Koon Tan 23 /s 1914. 

 L = 225 mm.; W = 134 mm.; T = 82 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: brick-red (black in young birds). Legs: pink. 



