232 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



MICROPTERNUS BRACHYURUS SQUAMIGULARIS (Sunderall) 



Picus squamigularis Sundevall, Conspectus avium picinarum, p. 89, 1866 

 (Malacca). 



One male and two females, Bangnara, Patani, May 16, 27, 1924, 

 July 4, 1926; one male and one female, Yala, Patani, February 1, 1931 ; 

 one female, Pak Bhayoon, Patalung, July 11, 1929. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Three males and three 

 females in Trang (Prahmon, March 6-31, 1896; Tyching, April 24, 

 1896; Trang, January 1 and 21, 1899); one female, Kwala Endau, 

 east coast of Johore, June 19, 1901; one male, Telok Besar, Tenas- 

 serim, March 18, 1904. He gives the soft parts as: Iris dark brown; 

 bill black; feet dull leaden, claws dull black. 



This is a small dark form with the throat dark brown or blackish, 

 each feather edged with buffy, giving a squamate appearance to this 

 region. It ranges from the Malay States to southern Tenasserim. 



The female collected by Dr. Abbott at Telok Besar, Tenasserim, 

 is dark like the Peninsular birds and agrees better with them than 

 with the type of M. b. milliamsoni, except in size; it is somewhat 

 larger than Peninsular specimens. 



Five males from Patani and Trang measure: Wing, 112-121.5 

 (116.9); tail, 55-64 (56.9); culmen, 21-24 (22.5) mm. One male 

 from southern Tenasserim: Wing, 125; tail, 63; culmen, 24 mm. 



Eight females (Johore to Patalung): Wing, 113-123 (117.4); tail, 

 52-60 (56.4); culmen, 21-24 (22.6) mm. 



Robinson and Kloss ®^ state that specimens from between Bandon 

 and Victoria Point are intermediate between this form and william- 

 soni, but the only specimen examined by me from southern Tenasserim 

 seems to be nearer squamigularis and it is convenient, in my opinion, 

 to extend the range to there. 



Robinson ^^ records it from Ban Kok Klap, Bandon; Robinson and 

 Kloss list it from Nongkok, Ghirbi,^^ and Kao Luang. 2,000 feet, 

 Nakon Sritamarat^*; de Schauensee^^ records four from Nakon Srita- 

 marat as M. h. williamsoni, but his measurements are too small and 

 his remarks do not agree with the average of the latter. South of 

 Nakon Sritamarat, there are numerous records, probably because the 

 country has been oftener visited by collectors. 



A still smaller race, M. h. badius (Raffles), occurs in Sumatra, and 

 there is a small dark race in Borneo, M. b. badiosus (Temminck). 

 M. b. brachyurus (Vieillot) is confined to Java. There are other forms 

 in Nias, India, Indo-China, and southeastern China. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 182, 1923. 



M Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 95, 1915. 



•< Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 102, 1919. 



•» Journ. Federated Malay States Mas., vol. 11, p. 60, 1923. 



« Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 252, 1934. 



