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and cheeks are a darker gray, the former with a mere trace of a yellow- 

 ish wash. In fact, it is more like P. s. montanus of the mountains of 

 the Malay States; the latter has a still darker throat and cheeks with 

 no yellowish wash at all on the former. 



P. s. mandarinus was described from southern China and has since 

 been taken in Tonkin, Laos, and southern Annam, The present 

 record extends it to southeastern Siam. 



PEKICROCOTUS CINNAMOMEUS VIVIDUS Baker 



Pericrocotus peregrinus vividus Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 40, p. 114, 1920 

 (Altaran River, Burma). 



Two males and one female, Bangkok, August 18 and October 31, 

 1924; six marked males (three are probably females), Bo Ploi, Kanburi, 

 September 7-9, 1928; one male, Korat, February 16, 1929; one male, 

 Rayasothon, March 23, 1929; one male, Chantuk, June 14, 1934. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took two males in the Mergui Archipelago (St. 

 Luke Island, January 21, 1900, and Domel Island, January 30, 1904); 

 three males, Tenasserim (Tanjong Badak, January 6 and 8, 1900; 

 Champang, December 20, 1903). 



This race has been taken in northern, eastern, western, and south- 

 western Siam and in Peninsular Siam as far south as Koh Pra Tung, 

 Takuapa Inlet.^ 



Herbert '° states that it breeds in central Siam in March and April, 

 bometimes as late as June; he gives a description of the nest and eggs. 



De Schauensee," in recording it from Cliiengmai, states that it is 

 uncommon in the north. Deignan '^ says it is only a winter visitor 

 to Doi Sutep. 



The form ranges from eastern Bengal, Burma, and Siam to Cochin- 

 china. A somewhat larger and more brightly colored race occurs in 

 Java, Bali, and Sumatra, and there are other races in India and Ceylon. 



PERICROCOTUS IGNEUS IGNEUS BIyth 



Pericrocotus ignnis Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 15, p. 309, 1846 

 (Malacca). 



One male, Bangnara, Patani, July 4, 1926. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took an inuuature male, Trang, March 2, 1899. 



The range of the form extends from southern Tenasserim through 

 the Malay States to Singapore. Borneo and Sumatra are included 

 in the range by most authorities, but it seems to me that upon com- 

 parison specimens from these islands \vill prove to be different. A 

 male specimen from the island of Palawan in the United States 



•Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 2,'50, 1924. 

 '« Journ. Siam Soc. Nal. Hist. Suppl., vol. 6, p. 108, pi. 8 (nest), 1923. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, vol. 86, p. 225, 1934. 

 "Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, p. 100, 193G. 



