BIRDS FROM SIAJVI AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 337 



TUBDINUS MACRODACTYLUS MACRODACTYLUS (Strickland) 



Malacopteron macrodactylum Strickland, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 13, p. 417, 



1844 (Malacca). 

 Turdinus macrodactylus bakeri Hachisuka, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 47, p. 54, 



1926 (Lamra, Trang). 



Two males and three females, Sicliol, Bandon, August 31, 1929, 

 May 23-27, 1930; one male, Kao Chong, Trang, September 8, 1933. 



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

 (Lay Song Hong, August 26-September 27, 1896, and Trang, January 

 25, 1897). He describes the soft parts as: Iris gray brown; bill black; 

 lower mandible yellowish at base; feet fleshy brown. 



The series from Trang apparently does not differ from Malacca 

 specimens. The specimens from Bandon, however, appear to be 

 larger than the Trang birds, the chest and breast a clearer gray, the 

 upper parts hghter brown, and the closed wing less chestnut, more of 

 an argus brown. Nevertheless, I believe the Trang series are all more 

 or less immature; one male is almost adult, and a male from Sichol 

 also apparently not fully adult approaches it very closely. 

 I^- Robinson and Kloss ^^ have compared a large series from the 

 Federated Malay States with six from Trang and find that they do not 

 differ essentially. 



The form ranges from the southern Federated Malay States north 

 in Peninsular Siam as far as Bandon on the east coast and Ghirbi 

 on the west coast. 



MALACORNIS MAGNA MAGNA (Eyton) 



Malacopteron magnum Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p. 103 (Malaya). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following in the Malay Peninsula: 

 One male. Lay Song Hong, Trang, Peninsular Siam, September 20, 

 1896; one female, the Dindings, Straits of Malacca, April 13, 1900; 

 one male and one female, Tanjong Dungun, Trengganu, September 

 20, 1902; one male, Rumpin River, Pahang, May 23, 1902. 



He gives the soft parts as: Iris red or brownish red; upper mandible 

 black, lower leaden; feet bright lead blue. 



Robinson and Kloss ^^ report it from Tasan, Chumporn, Peninsular 

 Siam, which is about the northern limit of its range in Siam. 



The form ranges from the southern end of the Malay Peninsula 

 north through Peninsular Siam to southern Tenasserim, Sumatra, and 

 Borneo. 



I have shown that Malacornis Gistel should replace Malacopteron 

 Eyton (preoccupied).^^ 



» Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 290, 1924. 

 «« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 293, 1924. 

 »' Auk, vol. SO, p. 364, 1933. 



