COLUMBID/E. — RAIXID/E. 
Columba Javaniea Gmel. r Syst. Nat. 1789, p. 781 : Java. 
Peristera bornensis Bp., Consp, Av. ii, 1855, p. gt : as syn, of C. javaniea. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula; Tioman Archipelago; Anamba Islands; 
Tambelan Islands, 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Banka; Billiton; West Sumatran 
Islands of Simalur, Babi, Lasta, Nias, Siberut, North Pagi 
and Engano. 
Borneo; North Bornean Islands; Mangalum Island; Natuna 
Islands. 
Java; Bali; Kangean Islands; Bawean Island. 
Chalcophaps indica natal is Lister, 
Chalcophaps natalis Lister, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S88, p. 532 : Christmas 
Island. 
D is tr .~ Christmas Island, Indian Ocean 
Genus CALCENAS Gray. 
Calcenas nicobarica (Linn,), Nicobar Pigeon. 
Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica (Linn.). 
Columba nicobarica Linn., Syst. Nat. loth ed. 1758, p, 164 : Nicobar 
Islands. 
Distr . — Small islands almost everywhere in Malaysia but apparently 
never on the large land masses of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 
Borneo, Java, Bali, Banka and Billiton, 
Family RALLIDyE. 
Rallus striatus Linn. Blue-breasted Banded Rail. 
Rallus striatus striatus (Linn.). 
Rallus striatus Linn., Syst. Nat. 12th ed, i, 1766, p. 262 : Philippine 
Islands = Manila ( Oberh ,, 1924). 
Distr . — Borneo (perhaps not in the South), 
Rallus striatus gularis Harsh' 
Rallus gularis Horsfield, Trans, Linn, Soc. xiii, 1821, p. 196: Java. 
Distr . — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Billiton. 
? South Borneo. 
Java. 
1 Birds from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra belong to the same race : 
good series of gularis are not available for comparison. The Malayan bird 
does not attain the large size of the Indian albiventer $w. 
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