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1931; two males and one female, Sam Roi Yot, November 9, 13, 1932; 

 one male, Klionka Valley, January 26, 1933; two eggs, Ban Sadet, 

 June 2, 1895. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Four males and two 

 females, Trang (Lay Song Hong, November 30, December 28, 1896); 

 three males, Tenasserim (Bok Pyin, February 16, 1900; Champang, 

 December 13, 1903; and Telok Besar, February 28, 1904). He de- 

 scribes the soft parts as follows: Male — iris orange-red; upper mandible 

 dark horn brown, lower mandible whitish horny, whole bill pale 

 browTi at base; feet dark slaty, claws dark leaden; weight of two males, 

 2 and 2% pounds. 



The following specimens from Siam are also in the United States 

 National Museum: One male and one female, Koh Lak, November 

 13, 1916; one male Koh Mesan, off Cape Liant, November 1, 1916; 

 one female, Klong Mennam, January 11, 1915. 



This race of the jungle fowl ranges from the Malay States north 

 through Peninsular Siam to Burma, Siam proper, Yunnan, Cambodia, 

 southern Laos, southern Annam, Cochinchina, Sumatra, the Philip- 

 pines, and Celebes. In suitable locations it is fairly well distributed 

 all over Siam and the islands off the coast. 



Robinson and lOoss ^^ state that these birds were especially numer- 

 ous at Tasan at the time of their visit and that they were breeding, the 

 set being five to seven eggs. The date is not given, but it was some 

 time in April, as their trip ended at Hat Sanuk on April 28, after they 

 had spent some time at Chumpon and nearly a fortnight at Koh Lak; 

 de Schauensee ^^ collected a series on his third expedition to Siam and 

 the Shan States and gives a detailed description of the soft parts, too 

 long to be quoted here. 



I doubt whether the Philippine and Celebes birds are the same as 

 the mainland form, but do not here wish to go into the question. 



A related form, Gallus gallus hankiva Temminck, occurs in Java; 

 Gallus gallus jabouillei Delacour and Kinnear is found in Tonkin, North 

 Annam, and North Laos; and Gallus gallus murghi Robinson and 

 E3oss, occurs in northern India. 



POLYPLECTRON BICALCARATUM BICALCARATUM (Linnaeus) 



Pavo bicalcaratum Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 15G, 1758 (China, 

 error; Thoungyah, Burma**). 



One wing and two tails from natives, Kao Pae Pan Nam, Lom- 

 sak, February 1934. 



The wing and one tail seem to fit the description of this species. 

 The other tail differs in having the buff spots arranged into irregular 



«« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 22, 1921. 

 s' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 273, 1934. 

 « Lowe, Ibis, 1925, p. 477. 



