BIRDS FROM SIAJVI AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 149 



I have seen no Siamese specimens of this form but have examined 

 a fair series from Java. Tlie wings of four females from Java measure 

 135-146 (140.2) mm; two males, 139-141 mm. 



OTUS BAKKAMOENA CONDORENSIS Robinson and KIoss 



Otus bakkamoena condorcnsis Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 Suppl., vol. 8, p. 81, 1930 (Pulo Condore). 



One male, Pak Chong, eastern Siam, November 28, 1929; one fe- 

 male, Pran, April 2, 1931. 



These two specimens agree with a male from Koh Mesan off Cape 

 Liant, Siam, collected by C. Boden Kloss, November 1, 1916, in being 

 very pale below and in having a white background with brownish 

 stippling and a few scattering blackish shaft marks. They are quite 

 different from the form found around Bangkok {Otus b. lettia). The 

 specimens of the latter before me have the lower parts clay color, 

 varying to a light claj^ey buff. 



The wing of the male from Pak Chong measures 159 mm; that from 

 Koh Mesan, 158 mm; and the female from Pran, 151 mm. The 

 three specimens seem to fit the description of condorensis, which evi- 

 dently is a pale southeastern race. The female from Pran is puzzling, 

 as Dr. Smith also collected Otus bakkamoena lettia from this general 

 region. 



The exact range is not definitely known. 



OTUS SUNIA MALAYANUS (Hay) 



Scops malayanus Hat, Madras Journ. Lit. and Sci, vol. 13, pt. 2, p. 147, 1844 



(1845) (Malacca). 



One femnle, Bangkok, January 16, 1925; one male and one female, 

 Koh Tao, January 2, 1927; one male, Tha Chang, March 20, 1917. 



The red and the gray phases and an intermediate phase are all 

 represented in these specimens. There is no adequate series available 

 for comparison. A male (Otiis sunio. modestusi) from Suifu, S/ech- 

 wan, seems exactly to match the male from Koh Tao, except that it 

 is darker on the chest; wing, 146 mm. The wing of the Koh Tao 

 male measures 142.5 mm. 



Robinson ^ records it from Langkawi; Robinson and Kloss from 

 Trang 3 and Junkseylon (Puket)^; Baker ^ from Krabin, central 

 Siam. Robinson ^ states that this form is apparently only a winter 

 visitor to the Malay States. It may be that modestus is really only 

 a synonym. 



The form ranges from Singapore north to Tenasserim and central 

 Siam. 



'Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 7, p. 145, 1917. 

 •Ibis. 1911, p. 31. 



• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 94, 1919. 

 •Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 4, p. 26, 1920. 



• The birds of the Malay Peninsula, vol. 1, p. 80, 1927; vol. 2, p. 38, 1928. 



