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From descriptions it seems rather lilvely this is a form of Macropicus 

 hodgsonii (Jerdon) from the west coast of southern India, but the ranges 

 are widely separated. Macropicus forresti (Rothschild) closely resem- 

 bles feddeni but is larger and lacks almost entu'ely the white streaks 

 on the throat and posterior auriculars; it is found in the high mountains 

 of Yunnan and Tonkin. 



Stuart Baker ^° alters feddeni to crawfurdi on the grounds of priority, 

 but Picus crawfurdi Gray was given ^^ to an Indian drawing brought 

 to England by Mr. Crawfurd, Jr. Hargitt ^^ clauns that the name 

 cannot possibly apply to feddeni. 



VIVIA INNOMINATA MALAYORUM (Hartert) 



Picumnus innominatus malayorum Hartert, Die Vogel der palaarktischen 

 Fauna, Band 2, Heft 1, p. 937, 1912 (Gunong Ijau, Perak). 



One male, Doi Nangka, November 20, 1930; one male, Doi Hua 

 Mot, August 24, 1934. 



This form is said to differ prmcipally from V. i. innominata in being^ 

 only a little smaller. The wings of two males from Cachar, India, 

 measure 54 mm, the wing of the Nangka male 53 mm, that from Doi 

 Hua Mot 56.5 mm; so even size does not seem to hold. In the two 

 Siamese males the spots below come farther down on the breast and 

 the barring on the sides is less pronounced than in the Cachar males. 

 The northern Siamese specimens are probably intermediate, as the 

 differences are sHght. I have seen no specimens from the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Gyldenstolpe ^^ records it from Khun Tan. Deignan ^* states that 

 it is rather common on Doi Sutep from 2,700-3,500 feet. De Schau- 

 ensee ®^ secured it at the same place and at Chieng Dao. There seems 

 to be no definite record for Peninsular Siam, where it must occur, 

 however, as it occurs in the Malay States. 



The form ranges from eastern Burma and Siam southeast to Tonkin 

 and southern Annam and south to the Malay States, Sumatra, and 

 Borneo. 



SASIA OCHRACEA REICHENOWI Hesse 



Sasia ochracea reichenowi Hesse, Orn. Monatsb., 1911, p. 181 (Burma). 



One male, Chiengdao, January 29, 1932; one male, Aranya, July 

 19, 1930; one female, Tha Chang, March 20, 1927; one female, Lat 

 Bua Kao, August 9, 1929. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male and a female at Maliwun, 

 Tenasserim, March 22, 1900. 



«« The fauna of British India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 7, p. 319, 1930. 



•I Griffith, The animal kingdom ... by the Baron Cuvier .... Birds, vol. 2, p. 513, fig., 1829 



" Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 18, p. 501, 1890. 



«3 Kungl. Svenslia Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 97, 1916. 



M Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Ilist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 158, 1931. 



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



