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are not old enough to be determined with certainty; the spatula of 

 the outer tail feather is long, but there are in the National Museum 

 two adult males from this locality, collected by C. Boden Kloss, 

 October 17, 19, that apparently belong to this form. These specimens 

 are out of the accepted range of the form, ^^^lether they are just 

 strays in the nonbreeding season or the resident form in this section 

 of the country is for the future to decide. 



The measurements of the few birds handled, except for the wing, do 

 not reach Stuart Baker's maximum; ^^ it is quite possible that they 

 are not typical. 



De Schauensee " records it from Doi Sutep, 2,500-5,300 feet, 

 Chiengmai, and Chiengsen Kao. On his third expedition '^ he secured 

 a small series at Chiengmai and Chiengsen and says that it is common 

 in northern Siam in the drier types of forest. Deignan ^^ reports it 

 common in the evergreen up to 3,500 feet on Doi Sutep, less common 

 on the plain in dipterocarpaceous scrub jungle. 



DISSEMURUS PARADISEUS MALAYENSIS (Blyth) 



Edolius malayensis Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 28, p. 272, 1859 (Penang 

 and Andamans; type locality restricted to Penang by Kloss *"). 



Dissemurus paradiseus hypoballus Oberholser, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., 

 vol. 16, p. 518, 1926 (Prahmon, Trang). 



Three males and one female, Bangnara, Patani, July 9, 10, 1926; 

 one female, Bukit, Patani, January 23, 1931; three males, Kao Sol 

 Dao, Trang, January 4-17, 1934; one male and one female, Kao 

 Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, July 23, 1928, October 4, 1930; one female, 

 Bandon, January 5, 1927; two males and one female, Sichol, August 

 31, 1929, May 26, 1930; one male and three females, Tha Lo, Bandon, 

 September 15-25, 1931; one male and two females, Koh Pangan, 

 July 23, 30, 1931; one male, Koh Samui, off Bandon, August 6, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected five males and two females in Trang 

 (Prahmon, April 1-16, 1896; Trang, January 26, 1899); one female, 

 Pulo Langkawi, December 2, 1899; one female, Pulo Adang, Butang 

 Islands, December 15, 1899. He gives the soft parts as: Iris red; 

 bill and feet black. 



This form is somewhat smaller than D. p. paradiseus, with smaller 

 bill, tail, and crest. 



The specimens from Patani are in worn plumage; they are inter- 

 mediate between this form and D. p. plaiurus and could with equal 

 propriety be placed with one or the other but on the whole are probably 



» The fauna of British India. Birds, ed. 2, vol. 2. p. 37S, 1924. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8], p. ,554. 1930. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 228, 1934. 

 '• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8. p. 148, 1931. 

 •« Ibis, 1918, p. 519. 



