522 BULLETIN 186, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Tan, May 4, 1914 ; Smith took an adult male at Phrae, April 27, 1930 ; 

 I myself shot an adult female at Ban Din Tok in Laos (a few miles 

 north of the Nan border), April 25, 1936. 



My specimen was found in dense undergrowth at the edge of a 

 clearing in lowland evergreen forest. 



Smith's specimen had the irides dark brown and the bill, feet, and 

 toes bluish slate. Gyldenstolpe's differed in having the bill black and 

 the feet and toes brownish gray. 



The adult male has the forehead, lores, ocular region, and ear 

 coverts black ; the crown, nape, and upper back plumbeous-gray ; the 

 remaining upperparts deep rufous, the feathers of the mantle, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts with wavy black cross bars ; the entire under- 

 parts white, only the feathers of the lower flanks with wavy blackish 

 bars. The adult female differs in having a short white bar above 

 the black ear coverts ; the lores white, very narrowly edged above with 

 black; the barring beneath heavier and extending forward to the 

 sides of the breast. The immature bird resembles the juvenile of 

 Lanius c. cristatus but is more richly colored and more strongly 

 barred above and below; it is usually distinguishable from cristatus 

 by having the lores and ear coverts black-barred rufous-brown like the 

 crown instead of plain black or blackish brown. 



Family STURNIDAE 

 gracula religiosa intermedia hay 



Indo-Chinese Grackle 



[Gracula] intermedins [sic] Hay, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., vol. 13, pt. 2, 1844 

 [1845], pp. 156-157 ("Northern India and Arracan" ; type locality re- 

 stricted to Cachar, fide Stuart Baker, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 27, 

 1921, p. 698) . 



Eulabes intermedia, Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Ha'ndl., 1913, p. 34 

 (Ban Huai Horn, Pak Pan, Den Chai). 



Gracula javana intermedia, Gyldenstolpe, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, 1915, p. 

 168 (listed) ; Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1916, p. 23 (Pha Kho, Khun 

 Tan) ; Ibis, 1920, p. 453 ("Throughout the whole of Siam"). 



Eulabes javana intermedia, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 1929, p. 558 (Chiang Mai). 



Gracula religiosa intermedia, Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., 1931, 

 p. 151 (Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep) ; 1936, p. 123 (Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep).— 

 de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1934, p. 233 (Chiang 

 Mai, Doi Suthep).— Riley, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 172, 1938, p. 487 (Doi Langka, 

 Khun Tan, Mae Khan, Huai Mae Sae). 



The grackle, or hill myna, occurs throughout the wooded districts 

 of the northern provinces, from the plains to about 4,500 feet, but, at 

 a given locality, varies in numbers from rare to abundant in accordance 

 with the supply of fruit available at a particular season. 



