BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 235 



CHRYSOCOLAPTES STRICTUS GUTTACRISTATUS (Tickell) 



Picus guttacristatus Tickell, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, p. 578, 1833 



(Borabhum and Dholbhum). 

 Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus indo-malayicus Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., 1911, p. 182 



(Puket, southwestern Siam). 



One female, Doi Phra Chao, August 1, 1934; one male and one 

 female, Mehongsorn, January 7, 8, 1933; one male, Ta Fang, January 

 17, 1933; one male and one female, Aranya, July 17, 1930; one female, 

 Lomkao, February 20, 1934; one male, Konken, March 21, 1929; 

 two females, Udon, March 18, 1929; one male. Pang Sok, August 23, 

 1926; one male, Sikeu, near Korat, February 16, 1926; one male and 

 one female. Lam Klong Lang, near Pak Cliong, June 7, 13, 1925; three 

 females, Pak Chong, December 19, 1926, April 10 and December 4, 

 1929; one female, Kao Lem, December 29, 1930; two females, Hin 

 Lap, September 28, 1932; one male and one female, Nong Mong, 

 Krabin, August 24, 25, 1925; one female, Sakeo, near Krabin, May 5, 

 1928 ; two males, Nong I^ior, near Sriracha, March 23 1926 ; February 

 5, 1927; one female. Ban Sadet, near Sriracha, May 26, 1925; one 

 female, Huey Yang, near Sriracha, October 2, 1930; one male and one 

 female. Ban Tarn Dam, near Sriracha, March 5, 7, 1930; one male, 

 Nong Yang, east of Sriracha, October 20, 1931; one male, Lem Sing, 

 Chantabun, June 10, 1926; one female, Kao Sabap, November 3, 

 1933; one male, Koh Chang, January 5, 1926; one male and two fe- 

 males, Kwe Noi, Kanburi, September 21, 1929; one male, Sam Roi 

 Yot, November 13, 1932; one female, Sichol, Bandon, May 19, 1930; 

 one female. Ban Ku^iwong, Nakon Sritamarat, July 13, 1928; one male, 

 Bangnara, Patani, July 7, 1926. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Six males and three fe- 

 males in Trang (Telibon Island, February 25, 29, 1896; Pralmion, 

 April 5, 1896; Tyching, June 29, 1896; Lay Song Hong, September 

 26, 1896; Trang, February 15, 1897, January 20, 1899); two females in 

 Tenasserim (Tanjong Badak, January, 1900; Sungei Balik, February 

 26, 1904); one female, Domel Island, Mergui Archipelago, February 

 23, 1900. He gives the soft parts as: Iris orange, saffron yellow, pale 

 brownish orange, or brownish yellow; bill horny black, or dull black, 

 brownish at base of lower mandible; feet dull olive, leaden, or dull 

 leaden in the male ; the soft parts in the female do not differ. 



There seem to be little or no color differences between specimens 

 from the northern and eastern part of the country and those from 

 Peninsular Siam. There is a gradual diminution in size from north 

 to south, but it is not constant. 



Four males from the Burma bolder (1) and northern Siam (3) 

 measure: Wing, 167-175 (170.4); culmen, 47.5-53 (50.6) mm. Five 

 males from eastern Siam: Wing, 156-170 (165.7); culmen, 45-51.5 

 (48.8) mm. Nine males from southeastern Siam: Wing, 156-170 



