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edged with orange-cinnamon ; the middle tail feathers in the latter are 

 a bronzy green in certain lights, broadly edged on the outer web and 

 narrowly tipped with mikado brown; in other lights they are a bronzy 

 lilac purple with a green sheen; the middle tail feathers of maculatus 

 are emerald green with dusky tips. 



CHALCITES MACULATUS (Gmelin) 



Trogon maculatus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 404, 1788 (Ceylon, 

 error; Pegu). 



One female, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, January 17, 1934. 



The range of the species is the Himalayas from Kuman to Assam, 

 Burma, and western China (in Szechwan as far north as Wenchwan), 

 Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, Siam, and south through Peninsular 

 Siam to the Malay States. In Siam it has been recorded on Doi Sutep 

 by Deignan^^ and others; Stuart Baker ^ from Samray, near Bangkok; 

 de Schauensee ^ from Bangkok and later ^ from Chiengdao and Bua 

 Yai ; Lowe * found it on the Klong Klung River, western Siam ; Robin- 

 son and Kloss ^ report it from Nong Kok, Ghirbi. Earlier ^ they had 

 recorded it from the eastern boundary of Trang. 



As this species breeds far north in western China and in India 

 apparently in the mountains, it must move south in winter, at least 

 in the northern part of its range. It may breed in the mountains of 

 northern Siam, but in Peninsular Siam and the Malay States it prob- 

 ably is only a winter visitor. 



Tlie color of the male is a beautiful shining emerald-green above and 

 on the throat and chest; breast and belly white, barred with bronzy 

 green; wing, 115 mm. The female is bronzy green above; the pileum 

 and hindneck cinnamon, with a few dusky bars; below, including the 

 throat, white, barred with bronzy green; the central tail feathers 

 color of the back with a dusky tip; rest, except outer pair, cinnamon 

 with bronzy green interrupted bars, a bronzy green or dusky sub- 

 terminal bar and white or cinnamon tip, the outer pair of feathers 

 with white bars on the outer w^eb and extending about halfway across 

 on the inner; bill in both sexes yellow, dusky at the tip. 



There are not many records for Siam, but this is probably due to 

 some peculiarity of the bird's habits. 



»« Journ. Biam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 159, 1931. 

 ' Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 439, 1919. 

 » Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, p. 574, 1928. 

 « Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, p. 257, 1934. 



* Ibis, 1933, p. 477. 



• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam. vol. 3, p. 98, 1919. 

 •Ibis, 1911, p. 41. 



