BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 67 



The interesting thing about this specnnen is that the immature at 

 one stage of its phunage has the breast mouse-gray with a greenish 

 wash. At this stage the sexes are probably ahke. 



The range of the species extends from southern Tenasserim south 

 through Peninsular Siam to the Malay States, Sumatra, Banka, 

 Billiton, and Borneo. Robinson and Kloss ^^ record it from Tang Pran, 

 Takuatung and Tasan, Pakchan Estuary; Gairdner^^ records it from 

 Ratburi and Petchaburi, which must be its northern limit, or very 

 near it, in Siam. 



The species is said to be confined to dense evergreen forests and to 

 be commoner in the south than in the north of the Malay Peninsula. 

 It is hard to observe but easy to trap. 



GENNAEUS LINEATUS LINEATUS (Vigors) 



Phasianus linealus Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, p. 24, 1831 (Straits of Ma- 

 lacca, error). 



One male and one female, Sam Roi Yot, November 12, 1932. 



I have no comparable material of this species. The above male 

 has the white streaks below confined to the sides of the chest. Gaird- 

 ner ^^ reports this pheasant from Ratburi, where he took a set of eight 

 eggs, April 3 ; Gyldenstolpe ^^ took a male at Hat Sanuk and states 

 it was not uncommon there; Stuart Baker*** assigns specimens from 

 the Mepmg Rapids between Chiengmai and Raheng and from near 

 Raheng to this form; Chasen and Kloss ^^ also refer Raheng specimens 

 to this form ; Lowe ^^ records it from the Um Pang District, Siam, and 

 the Taok Plateau, Tenasserim; Herbert ^^ under the name G. I. sharpei 

 describes three eggs taken by K. G. Gairdner in the Ratburi district, 

 western Siam, May 2. Gates ^^ says this is a form of low elevations, 

 ranging to not over 2,000 feet. 



Its entire range is too intricate to be given here. It is found in 

 Tenasserim as far north as the southern Shan States and in south- 

 western and western Siam, but just where it meets the next form is 

 not known. 



GENNAEUS LINEATUS SHARPEI Gates 



Gennaeus sharpei Gates, A manual of the game birds of India, vol. 1, p. 357, 1898 

 (Dargwin, 2,500 feet; Kollidoo, 3,500 feet; and Karen Hills, east of Toungoo, 

 Burma). 



One male, Meserieng, January 20, 1933. 



Dr. Smith notes the following colors of the soft parts: "Bill horn 

 color; face red; lower lid horn color; iris hazel; feet sepia." 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5. p. 19, 1921. 



«i Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 151, 1915. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 40, 1914. 



«' Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 156, 1916. 



«< Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 4, p. 47, 1920. 



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



M Ibis, 1933, p. 488. 



«' Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vd. 6, p. 336, 1926. 



»8 A manual of the game birds of India, 1 1. 1, p. 353, 1898. 



