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Herbert ^^ found it nesting m central Siam from March to April 

 and describes the nest and eggs. In Peninsular Siam it is said to be 

 only a migrant. 



Parrot ^^ separated the Siamese bird on the strength of a single 

 unsexed specimen naming it Coracias offinis theresiae. Robinson and 

 Kioss ^^ state that the principal character of tlie race is not borne out 

 by the considerable series examined by them. 



I have not examined any birds from Assam, but I have before me 

 two adult males and four females from Yunnan. There is not much 

 difference in color between these and the series from Siam. The 

 Yunnan bu'd has a more brownish-drab chest and breast; there is 

 some difference in size, however, the more northern bii'd being larger. 

 There is no difference in size or color between the sexes. 



Two males and four females from Yunnan measure: Wing, 194.5- 

 207 (199.5); culmen, 36.5-42 (40) mm. Six males and six females 

 from Siam: Wing, 177-191 (185.2); culmen, 32.5-38 (34.9) mm. 



This species has been placed as a race of Coracias benghalensis by 

 many recent ornithologists, but in my opinion it is too distinct from 

 that species to be so treated. 



EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS ORIENTALIS (Linnaeus) 



Coracias orientalis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 159, 1766 (India 

 orientali = Java) . 



One male, Hin Lap, eastern Siam, September 30, 1932; one male, 

 Pang Sok, eastern Siam, August 26, 1926; one male, Pak Chong, 

 May 9, 1925; one female. Lam Ivlong Lang, Pak Chong, June 16, 1925; 

 one female, Tha Chang, Pak Chong, March 19, 1927; two females, 

 Nong Klior, Sriracha, November 9, 1926, February 11, 1927; one 

 male and one female, Ban Sadet, Sriracha, May 31 and June 2, 1925; 

 one male, Huey Yang, Sriracha, July 31, 1932; one male, Sakeo, near 

 Ki-abin, May 7, 1928; one male, Lamton Lang, May 30, 1934; one 

 female, Kao Seming, Krat, October 15, 1928; one female, Lem Sing, 

 March 16, 1930; one male, Sai Yok, Kanburi, September 22, 1929; 

 one male, Pran, April 2, 1931; one male, Bandon, January 6, 1927; 

 two females, Tha Lo, Bandon, January 13, 17, 1931; four males, 

 Sichol, Bandon, June 25, 1929, May 20 and 23, 1930; three males and 

 two females, Nakon Sritamarat, September 12, 13, 1924, September 

 26-October 6, 1926; one female. Ban Peng Sao, Nakon Sritamarat, 

 no date; one male, and one female, Pak Bayoon, July 4, 1929; one 

 male and one female, Patalung, July 5, 1929; one female, Yala, 

 Patani, February 1, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected five males and one female in Trang 

 (Prahmon, February 21-April 5, 1896; Tyching, July 19, 1896; Traug 



«• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 300, 1924. 

 » Verii. Orn. Ges. Bayern, vol. 8, p. 113, 1908. 

 " Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 119, 1923. 



