BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 75 



In northern China this bird is only a summer resident, migrating 

 late in summer and early in fall farther south. It breeds in Burma 

 and Siam, however. Herbert °^ found it breeding at Ban Kliang, cen- 

 tral Siam, in July and August, the clutch consisting of four eggs. De 

 Schauensee ^ found it veiy common in winter at Chiengmai; Robin- 

 son ^ reports it from Ok Yam on the Franco-Siamese Boundary; 

 Robinson and Kloss ^ collected it at Tasan, Chumpon, Peninsular 

 Siam, and Koh Lak, southwest Siam; the Tasan record is about the 

 limit of its range in this direction. Otherwise, it seems to be fairly 

 well distributed over Siam in suitable localities. Probably it is more 

 plentiful in winter when the resident birds are increased by others 

 from farther north. 



Turnix tanki tanki Blyth occurs in India. 



TURNIX SUSCITATOR INTERKUMPENS Robinson and Stnart Baker 



Turnix suscitator interrumpens Robinson and Stuart Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. 

 Club, vol. 48, p. GO, 1928 (Kossoon, Peninsular Siam). 



One female, Bangnara, Patani, May 20, 1924; one female, Bukit, 

 Patani, January 23, 1931; one female, Haad Yai, July 12, 1929; one 

 male, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, January 9, 1934; two females, Koh Lak, 

 June 9, 1933; one male, Bangkok, September 12, 1923; three males and 

 four females. Bung Borapet, July 21, 24, 1932, March 24,30, 1933; 

 two males Mesarieng, January 2^, 23, 1933. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected one male and four females in Trang 

 (Tyching, April 25-June 18, 1896; Lay Song Hong, August 20, 1896); 

 and one male on Pulo Langkawi, Langkawi Islands, December 3, 1899. 

 He records the soft parts as: Iris yellowish white or white; bill horn 

 blue, culmen browTiish; feet leaden. 



The specimens from Koh Lak and eastward average lighter below 

 and grayer, less rusty above than the Peninsular birds; it is somewhat 

 doubtful if they should be placed in the same form, but they are being 

 left there for the present. 



The form ranges from Patani, Peninsular Siam, to Peninsular 

 Burma, north to northern, central, and eastern Siam. 



Chasen and Kloss * record it from the Raheng district, and a male 

 from their collection was sent to the United States National Museum. 

 De Schauensee ^ took a series at Chiengmai and a pair at Nakon 

 Sritamarat. Herbert ' found it breeding near Bangkok, the set con- 

 sisting of four eggs, deposited from June to August. 



•» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. SuppL, vol. 6, p. 339, 1920. 

 > Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 276, 1934. 

 » Ibis, 1915, p. 721. 

 » Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 24, 1921. 



• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p. 154, 1928. 



• Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 276, 1934. 



• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 337, 1926. 



