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than the mainland form. In this respect, they resemble the southern 

 Philippine form, Alacropicus javensis suluensis (Blasius), but are large 

 like the mainland form. 



Five males from the Malay Peninsula measure: Wing, 223-240 

 (230. G) ; tail, 155-161 (159.2) ; culmen, 54-58 (56.4) m.m. Three males 

 from Borneo: Wing, 234-238 (235.7); tail, 166-182 (171.5); culmen, 

 56.5-61 (58.7) mm. One male from Linga Island, Rhio Archipelago: 

 Wing, 222; tail, 160; culmen, 53 mm. Five males from the Malay 

 Peninsula: Wing, 216-226 (220.2); tail, 140-160 (153.6); culmen, 

 50-54 (51.8) mm. Two females from Borneo: Wing, 224-230; tail, 

 153.5-165; cuhnen, 54-55 mm. One female from Sumatra: Wing, 

 237; tail, 182; culmen, 54 mm. Two females from Banka: Wing, 

 219-230; tail, 165-166; culmen, 51-52 mm. 



This form appears to be not uncommon in the south of the Penin- 

 sula, becoming rarer to the northward. The northernmost record I 

 have seen is the one of Miiller ^^ for Salanga (Puket), but Dr. Smith 

 took it in Bandon and Davison secured specimens in extreme southern 

 Tenasserim. 



MACROPICUS FEDDENI (Blanford) 



Mulleripicus feddeni Blanford, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 32, p. 75, 1863 

 (Burma). 



One female, Doi Angka, December 9, 1928; one female. Ban Nam 

 Kien, Nan, April 18, 1930; three males and two females, Pak Chong, 

 April 28 and December 18, 22, 1926; one male, Sakeo, near Krabin, 

 May 4, 1928; one male, Chantuk, June 12, 1934; one male, Kwe Noi, 

 Kanburi, September 22, 1929; one male, Wang Kien, Kanburi, March 

 12, 1934. Dr. Smith also took a female at Ban Tung Kwa Tao, 

 Salwin River, Burma, January 12, 1933. 



In my opinion this bird is a species and not a form of M. javensis. 

 It is readily distinguished from javensis or any of its forms by the 

 broad white rump. As a rule, the throat and posterior cheeks are 

 more heavily streaked with white, and the breast is purer white. 



Macropicus feddeni ranges from the Chin and Kachin Hills and the 

 northern Shan States, Burma, to northern Tenasserim and practically 

 all Siam proper east to Cambodia, Cocliincliina, and southern Annam. 

 In Siam it has been recorded by Robinson and Kloss ^* from Koh Lak 

 in southwestern Siam, which seems to be about the southern limit in 

 this direction. De Schauensee,^^ in recording it from Metang and Bua 

 Yai, states that it is uncommon in dry and evergreen forests. 



A pair in the United States National Aluseum from Dalat, southern 

 Annam, are somewhat smaller than Siamese specimens. Robinson 

 and Kloss have also called attention to this. 



«' Die Ornis der Insel S.ilanga, p. 72, 1882. 



•8 Journ. Nat. Hist. Siam, vol. 5, p. 199, 1923. 



•» Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 253, 1934. 



