156 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



CAPRIMULGUS ASIATICUS SIAMENSIS de Schauensee 



daprimulgus asiaticus siamensis de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 85, p. 373, 1933 (Feb. 21, 1934) (Chiengmai, Siam). 



One female, Bangkok, May 8, 1926; one male. Bung Borapet, 

 June 21, 1932; four males, one female, and one unsexed, Sam Roi Yot, 

 November 16-19, 1932; one unsexed, Koh Lak, June 8, 1933. 



Dr. Smith took an egg at Bung Khoa Den, March 17, 1933, that is 

 light vinaceous-cinnamon, with pale brownish-drab under spots over 

 the whole egg, overlaid with orange-cinnamon spots of various sizes, 

 but none very large. It measures 28 by 21.2 mm. 



This form is resident all over Siam proper and probabty extends to 

 Indo-China. Robinson and Kloss ^° say that it does not occur south 

 of Koh Lak. Herbert ^' reports it breeding at Samkok, Ayuthia, and 

 Bangkok from February to August 4. 



LYNCORNIS CERVINICEPS CERVINICEPS Gould 



Lyncornis cerviniceps Gould, Icones avium, pt. 2, pi. 14, 1838 (China or adjacent 

 islands; Trang ^^). 



One male and one female. Pang Sok, August 25, 1926; one female, 

 Sakeo, near Krabin, May 3, 1928; one female, Lat Bua Kao, August 

 4, 1929; one male and one female, Aranya, July 17, 1930. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took three males and two females in Trang 

 (Prahmon, April 8; Tyching, July 20, 21, 1896; Trang, February 25 

 und March 2, 1899). There is a female in the UTiited States National 

 Museum from Klong Yai, southeastern Siam, January 7, 1915, col- 

 lected by C. Boden Kloss. Dr. Abbott describes the soft parts as: 

 Iris dark bro\vn; feet dark fleshy brown. 



Robinson and Kloss ^^ report it fau'ly common all over Peninsular 

 Siam, except Patani; Gyldenstolpe ^^ records it from Khun Tan and 

 Hat Sanuk, where a nest was found on February 18 with one hard set 



This beautiful nightjar extends from Assam and Burma to Siam, the 

 Malay Peninsula, and Indo-China, It probably occurs in suitable 

 locahties throughout Siam and is nonmigratoiy. 



The female seems to have more russet in the plumage and the pileum 

 bufRer than in the male. 



LYNCORNIS TEMMINCKII Gould 



Lxjncornis temminckii Govld, Icones avium, pt. 2, pi. [10] and text, 1838 (Borneo). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected two females on Singapore Island, May 15 

 and 30, 1899, and a male and female, Endau River, east coast of 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 141, 1923. 



'I Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6. p. 302, 1924. 



" Robinson and Kloss, Journ, Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 140, 1923. 



3'» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 140, 1923. 



« Kunsl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 5G, no. 2, p. 107, 191G, 



