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Wood Partridge or Burong bertam { Melanoperdix nigra), and 
finally the Hill Partridges ( Tropicoperdix chloropus and T. ckarl- 
toni). Also several game birds from the Himalayas are exhibi- 
ted, which may be of interest to the sportsman, 
PIGEONS. 
The Pigeons are abundant, too, in the Malay region, t%vo 
of the prettiest species, the Malay Spotted Dove or Burong 
t&kukur {Turtur tigrhms) and the smaller Barred Ground Dove 
or Burong merbok {Ge&pelia striata) being a common sight even 
in the midst of Singapore town. The Malays have an unfortun- 
ate liking for these birds, and are constantly seen to catch them 
with birdlime. The Green Pigeon or B,* punai {Osmotreron 
venwns) and the Bronze Ground Dove or Punai tanah iChal- 
cophaps aenea) are also common on Singapore island. Well- 
known too is the Nutmeg or Pied Fruit Pigeon {Myristicivora 
bicolor), the B. rawa of the Malays^ It is of creamy white colour, 
except for the wings and the tip of the tail, which are black. 
Very handsome birds are the Pink-breasted Pigeon, Punai 
gading or Punai jambu {Ptilopus jambu), from the Malay Penin- 
sula, and the 'Pigeon with the bleeding heart' [Phlogoenas 
luzonica), from the Philippines. 
The larger pigeons are called * Pergam ' by the Malays. 
Two of them should be noticed, the Green Imperial Pigeon 
(Carpophaga aenm), which is widely distributed over India, the 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, and the Christmas Island 
Pigeon [Carpophaga whartoni). The Nicobar Pigeon {Catoeuas 
nicobarica), with its metatiic plumage, differing from all other 
pigeons by the long and narrow feathers of its neck which 
resemble the hackles of a game cock, forms a sub-family by 
itself. It is not at all restricted to the Nicobar Islands, as its 
name might imply, but ranges from there through the Malay 
Archipelago as far as the Bismarck Archipelago. Exceeding 
all these species greatly in size is the Crowned Pigeon from the 
Moluccas {Growti coronata). 
SWIMMING BIRDS. 
This order includes the Ducks and Geese; Gulls and 
Terns ; the Cormorants, Gannets, Frigate Birds, Tropic Birds 
and Pelicans. 
• ' B ' stands here and m the ftiliowing paijes as abbreviation for *Ke Malay word 
' Buronn ' (i.e. bird. I 
