BIRDS FROM SI AM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 189 



Family UPUPIDAE: Hoopoes 



UPUPA EPOPS SATURATA Lonnberg 



Upupa epops saturata Lonnberg, Ark. for Zool., vol. 5, no. 9, p. 29, 1909 (Kjachta, 

 Mongolia) . 



Gyklenstolpe ^^ took a female at Koh Lak, December 11, 1914; 

 Kloss ^° mentions that Williamson has two birds in his collection that 

 probably belong to this form, one from Bangkok and the other from 

 southeastern Siam, and there is a specimen in the Federated Malay 

 States Museum from Taiping, Perak (date not given). 



The form ranges from the Yenesei eastward to Manchuria and 

 northern China, south to Tibet, Yunnan, and Fohkien; on the approach 

 of winter it migrates to southern China, Siam, Burma, Assam, and 

 India. 



It is a lighter-colored bird than U. e. longirostris. The longer 

 crest feathers usually have a white subterminal spot before the black 

 tip. It is somewhat larger. Either it is not a common winter visitor 

 to Siam or it is overlooked. 



UPUPA EPOPS LONGIROSTRIS Jerdon 



Upupa longirostris Jerdon, The birds of India, vol. 1, p. 393, 1862 (Burma). 



One female, Chieng Dao, January 28, 1932; one female, Muang Pai, 

 December 27, 1932; one male, Mae Hong Sorn, January 7, 1933; 

 one male, Udon, February 18, 1929; one male, Korat, March 28, 

 1929; one male, Knong Phra, Pak Chong, April 15, 1929; two young 

 males, Pak Chong, May 6, 1925; one female, Muang Kanburi, Septem- 

 ber 11, 1928; one male, Kive Noi, Kanburi, September 20, 1929; one 

 female, Bo Ploi, Kanburi, September 26, 1929; one male, Pran, May 

 26, 1928; three males and one female, Sam Roi Yot, November 8-9, 

 1932; four males, Koh Lak, June 12-24, 1933. 



This form ranges from Assam and Burma to Siam and eastward 

 at Laos, Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, and Cambodia. 



In Siam proper it seems to be fairly well distributed over the whole 

 country, but in Peninsular Siam it must be rather scarce. It reaches 

 Patani on the east of the Peninsula and Perils on the west coast and 

 has been known to straggle as far as Klang, Selangor. Robinson *' 

 records it from Koh Samui, Bandon; Robinson and Kloss ^ from 

 Pulo Panjang and a couple of islands on the east side of the island 

 of Puket. De Schauensee *^ states that the form is rather common 

 on the plains of northern Siam, less so in the mountains. 



«« Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 5fi, no. 2, p. lU, 1916. 

 " Ibis, 1918, p. 93. 



<i Joiirn. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 145, 1915. 

 « Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, 1919, p. 96. 

 « Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliiladelphia, vol. 86, p. 264, 1934. 

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