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The bird occurs all over Siam from Patani in soutbern Peninsular 

 Siam north to the northern boundary and beyond and east into Indo- 

 China. 



De Schauensee ^^ says that it is commonest where there is bam- 

 boo, but that it does not ascend the mountains; Herbert ^^ gives it as 

 a common nesting bird in central Siam, nesting from late in May to 

 early in July, wdtb one record for April and another as late as August. 



GARRULUS LEUCOTIS LEUCOTIS Hume 



Garrulus leucotis Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 2, p. 443, 1874 (Kj^oukuyat, Salween 

 District, Tenasserim). 



One female, Khun Tan> October 17, 1929; one female, Doi Sutep, 

 February 3, 1932; one female, Doi Hua Mot, August 21, 1934; one 

 male, Mesarieng, January 23, 1933; one male, Ban Han, Udon, 

 March 18, 1929. 



The above series has been compared with a small series from the 

 mountains of southern Annam. The latter are somewhat worn; and 

 if we allow for this there seems to be little or no difference in color 

 between the two series and little or none in size, 



De Schauensee ^^ says that during his stay in northern Siam he 

 found tliis jay commonly from the plains to the summits of the moun- 

 tains, in all types of jungle. Chasen and Kloss^^ record it from 

 Raheng, 



The form ranges from the Kachin Hills, northeastern Burma, south 

 through the Shan States to Tenasserim, western, northern, and east- 

 ern Siam and eastward through Laos and Cochinchina to southern 

 Annam. A closely related form, 0. I. oatesi Sharpe, is found to the 

 westward in the Chin Hills. 



PLATYSMURUS LEUCOPTERUS (Temminck) 



Glaucopis leucopterus Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colorizes d'oiseaux^ 

 livr. 45, pi. 265, 1824 (Sumatra). 



One male and one female, Bangnara, Patani, May 13 and June 8, 

 1924; one male and one female, Yala, Patani, February 2, 1931; one 

 male and one female, Sichol, Bandon, May 26, 1930; two males and 

 two females, Tha Lo, Bandon, September 14-25, 1931; two males, 

 Kao Chong, Trang, September 5, 1933; three males and one female, 

 Kao Soi Dao, Trang, January 1-18, 1934. Dr. Smith gives the soft 

 parts as: Iris reddish brown; bill and legs black. 



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

 (Lay Song Hong, October 4 and December 28, 1896; Trang, March 2, 

 1899); one male and one female, Bok Pyin, Tenasserim, February 11, 



"Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 86, p. 179, 1934 

 MJourn. Nat. Uist. Soc. Siani, vol. 6, p. 91, 192.i. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 179, 1934. 

 M Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. SuppL, vol. 7. p. 181. 1928. 



