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in nine and entirely green in one; the difference is probably due to age. 

 All the males have the bases of the lilac feathers of the forehead scarlet 

 or apricot bufi" subbasally. The females diffei from the males in 

 having the forehead scarlet like the throat and the Hlac of the crown 

 more restricted. 



A young female not long from the nest collected by Dr. Abbott on 

 Banka, June 8, is lettuce green, with bluish feathers around the bill; 

 belly empire yellow; under tail coverts the same, with a greenish wash; 

 breast lightly washed with empire yellow ; tail as in the adult. Another 

 immature, sexed male of about adult size collected on the same island 

 by Dr. Abbott, June 20, is sunilar but a deeper green; the abdomen 

 washed with green and more of a green wash on the under tail coverts ; 

 a couple of red feathers still in sheath are appearing on the left side in 

 the malar region. One or two feathers on the throat and one or two on 

 the breast are tinged with golden. Evidently the red of the adult does 

 not appear until the young reach adult size. 



Gaiidner's " record from the Petchaburi District is the northern- 

 most record in Siam known to me. In Tenasserim it has been found 

 farther north. Robinson and Kloss ^^ say that farther south in Penin- 

 sular Siam it is a common forest bird. 



Eight males from the Malay Peninsula measure: Wing, 125-141 

 (130.9); tail, 110.5-119 (115.2); culmen, 45-52 (46.7). Two males 

 from Borneo: Wing, 129.5-135; tail, 114.5-117; culmen, 45-47 mm. 

 Three females from the Malay Peninsula: Wing, 122-129 (126.5); 

 tail, 112-118.5 (115.2); culmen, 47.5-49 (48.2) mm. Two females 

 from Borneo: Wing, 119-120; tail, 112-114; cuhnen 46-47 mm. 



Family CORACIIDAE: Rollers 



CORACIAS AFFINIS McQclIand 



Coracias affinis McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S39, p. 164, 1840 (Assam). 



One female, Ban Nam Kien, Nan, April 21, 1930; one female, 

 Aranya, July 13, 1930; three males, three females, and one unsexed, 

 Bangkok, March 7 ana October 18, 1924, September 12, October 27, 

 ana December 26-29, 1925; one male, Pak Chong, June 25, 1934; two 

 males, Muang Kanburi, April 15 ana September 11, 1928; one male, 

 Nong Khor, Sriracha, February 8, 1927; one female, Sakeo, near 

 Krabin, May 6, 1928. 



This species has a rather wide range, occurring from Assam and 

 eastern Bengal through Burma ana Yunnan to Siam, Camboaia, 

 Cochinchina, Annam, Laos, ana Tonkin. In Siam it has been taken 

 nearly all over the country and extends down Peninsular Siam as far 

 as Patani. 



«■ Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siaru, vol. 1, p. 150. 1915. 

 's Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 139, 1923. 



