10 _S. chinensis_. There is only one other record from Borneo;
Pryer took one at Sandakan in the 1880's (Everett, 1889:193) and it has
not been recorded since. Chasen (1935:22) speculated that the Javanese
Turtle Dove was introduced to Borneo as a cage bird. But, Borneo is
seemingly well within the normal range of the species and probably it is
a resident of North Borneo. The Javanese Turtle Dove and the
Spotted-necked Dove, _S. chinensis_, closely resemble each other; this
resemblance may help to account for the lack of records of _S.
bitorquata_.
_=Streptopelia chinensis=_ (Scopoli): Spotted-necked Dove.--_Specimens_,
2: Tiger Estate: [Male], June 19, 1963, ADG 149. Telipok: [Male],
February 10, 1963, TM 34.
This is a common bird of the coconut groves around Tawau and on
Siamil Island.
_=Chalcophaps indica=_ (Linnaeus): Emerald Dove.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa
Research Station: [Male], June 17, 1963, ADG 146.
Birds, always solitary, of this species often were seen in the
cocoa groves at the Cocoa Research Station.
_=Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis=_ (Linnaeus): Blue-naped
Parrot.--_Specimens_, 3: Siamil Island: [Male], September 19, 1962, MCT
2928; [Female], September 19, 1962, MCT 2929; [Female], September 19,
1962, MCT 2930.
These birds were seen on September 18 and 19. I saw flocks of 10 to
20 in the remnant of forest on the north side of the island. The
birds were almost entirely inhabitants of the forest and were
rarely seen in the coconut groves. I estimated the entire island
population to be between 30 and 100 birds. The Japanese residents
knew nothing of the birds, although they were aware of a cockatoo
(_Cacatua galerita_) that had lived at large on the island for
several years. The Blue-naped Parrot has been found only on the
Maratuas and on Mantanani Island. Smythies (1960:242) surmised that
the Mantanani population was introduced by sailing craft from the
Sulu Sea. In the light of the present discovery, I think the
species is a naturally-established resident of the North Bornean
islands.
_=Psittinus cyanurus cyanurus=_ (Forester): Little Malay
Parrot.--_Specimens_, 2: Tiger Estate: [Female], October 11, 1962, MCT
2998; [Male], October 11, 1962, MCT 2997.
Smythies (1963:277) was the first to record this species from North
Borneo. However, the Harvard Primate Expedition in 1938 took three
spe
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