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Show 510 DR. F. H. H. GUILLEMARD ON BIRDS COLLECTED [May 19, I am not aware that this species has ever been previously recorded as far eastward as Sumbawa. The example obtained does not diffe in any way from individuals obtained in the Sulu archipelago. 32. SPILOPELIA TIGRINA (Temminck). Spilopelia tigrina, Salvadori, Ucc. di Born. p. 296; id. Orn. della Pap. iii. p. 151. Turtur tigrina, Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 391. Hab. Nicobars, Malay peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas; Java (Horsfield); Lombok (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Sem-inelink) ; Flores (Wallace) ; Timor (Wallace). a, b. 3 . Sumbawa town. c 8 . Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. d. 2 • Gunong Api Island. Iris light yellow ; bill dark slate ; tarsus coral. Length of males 349, females 30*3 centims. Wing, male 14*0-14*7 centims., female 13*7 centims. Compared with Celebes and other individuals the present series presents no noticeable differences in plumage, but the yellow iris I have only met with in Sumbawa birds, which latter appear also to be of somewhat larger dimensions than Celebes and Moluccan examples. 33. STREPTOPELIA BITORQUATA (Temminck). Streptopelia bitorquata, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 65; G. R. Gray, Hand-1. ii. p. 239, sp. 9330 ; Salvad. Ucc. di Borneo, p. 297 ; Wall. 1865, p. 391. Hab. Sumatra, Java, Lombok (Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Guillemard) ; Flores, Timor (Wallace). a-c. 8 • Sumbawa. Iris orange-yellow; bill blackish ; tarsus coral-red. Length 30*0-34*0 centims. ; wing 15*3-15*5 centims. 34. GEOPELIA MAUGEI (Temminck). Geopelia maugei, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 94 ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 394 ; Schleg. Mus. Pays-Bas, Columba, p. 132 (1873). Hab. Moluccas, Ke Islands, Sumbawa (Forsten) ; Flores (Wallace) ; Timor (Bernstein) ; Wetter and Letti (Hoedt). a. 8 . Gunong Api Island, Sumbawa. b-e. 3 • Sumbawa. f, g. Sumbawa. Iris pale yellow ; bill leaden ; tarsus ashy blue marked with violet. Length about 240 centims.; wing 10*0-10-2 centims. FiXtremely common round the town of Sumbawa. 35. CHALCOPHAPS INDICA (Linnaeus). Chalcophaps indica, Salvad. Orn. della Pap. iii. p. 173. Hab. India, Nicobars, Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Formosa, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea (?), Java (Horsfield) ; Lombok ( Wallace) ; Sumbawa (Forstein); Flores ( Wallace). |