KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDUNGAR. BAND 56. NIO 2. 151 



The Bronze-winged Döve is generally distributed fchroughout the well-wooded 

 parts of Siarn and it was quite as common in the Siamese .Ma la ya as in the Northern 

 Districts. It generally liveson the ground among the thick undergrowth and ulicn llushed 

 up it never takes long flights but soon pitches again on some of fche Lower branches of a 

 tree. It likes t lic environs of small forest streams best of all, and is generally llushed n|> 

 from the banks of the rivers. Wlien flying it has an incredible specd and is rather diffi- 

 cult to shoot among the tangle of vegetation. 



During my stay among the mountains on the Tenasserim boundary I several times 

 was sitting över salt-licks in order to shoot some big game and in the afternoon just be- 

 fore dusk numbers of these beautiful Döves came down to drink. 



Fam. Goliiinbidie. 



334. Alsocomus puniceus. Tick. The Purple Wood-Pigeon. 



Alsocomus puniceus: Gairdner p. 39; Gairdner p. 151. 

 Golumba punieea: Robinson & Kloss p. 674. 



<$ Hue Sai 14 /i 1915. L = 350 mm.; W = 207 mm.; T = 140 mm.; C = 17 mm. — Irides: reddish 

 yellow. Bill: yellowish white. Legs: pink. 



The Purple Wood-Pigeon was extremely rare in the parts of the country visited 

 by the Exj)editioii. I only met with it once in the dense evergreen forests whieh cover 

 the mountain chain dividing »Siarn and Tenasserim. 



In the Northern hill forests with a similar kind of vegetation I never observed it. 

 Besides this record there are only a few more records about the occurrence of this 

 species in Siarn. 



Outside Siamese Territory it has been found in Eastern Bengal, Assam, Burma, 

 Cochin China and the Malay Peninsula but it seems to be rather rare everywhere. It 

 generally goes about single, in pairs or in small flocks of about 4 — 6 individuals. 



335. Macropygia tusalia. Hodgs. The Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove. 



ef Koon Tan 16 /s'l914. L = 318 mm.; W = 175 mm.; G = 16 mm. — Irides: wliitisli pink. Bill: 

 horn colour. Legs: purple. 



During the whole journey only three specimens of this beautiful Döve were ob- 

 served at Koon Tan on the 16th of May 1914 and one fine male was procured. This 

 specimen turned out to be the typical M. t. tusalia Blyth. and not the smaller southern 

 race whieh has been named M. t. leptogrammica Temm. This latter form inhabits the 

 Malay Peninsula, Java and Sumatra and may possibly occur in the southern parts of 

 the Siamese Malaya. 



Fam. TreronidaB. 



336. Sphenocercus apicauda. Hodgs. — The Pin-tailed Green Pigeon. 



ef Koon Tan S2 / 5 1914. L = 283 mm.; W == 157 mm.; C = 20 mm. — $ Bång Hue Pong "/& 

 1914. L = 285 mm.; W = 152 mm.; T = 111 mm.; C = 20 mm. — $ Koon Tan 4 /c 1914. L = 255 

 mm.; W = 145 mm.; T = 107 mm.; C = 21 mm. — Irides: wliitisli red. Bill: green. Legs: pink. Orbital 

 skin: påle blue. 



