BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 319 



GARRULAX PECTORAUS MERIDIONALIS Robinson and Kloss 



Garrulax pedoralis meridionalis Robinson and Kloss, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 40, p. 11, 1919 (Hat Sanuk, Rajburi, Siam). 



One male, Sanpaiang, December 20, 1932; one male, Mesuya 

 Valley, January 2, 1933; one female, Mae Hong Sorn, January 5, 1933; 

 one female, Ta Fang, January 17, 1933. 



This seems to be a more or less variable race. Of the four specimens 

 collected in Siam, three have the ear coverts streaked with black, and 

 one has the ear coverts white unstreaked and the pectoral band inter- 

 rupted in the center. A specimen received from the Raffles Museum 

 from the Raheng District also has the ear coverts unstreaked, and a 

 male collected by Dr. Smith from the Ban Un Pai Valley, Burma, has 

 unstreaked ear coverts. Stuart Baker *^ describes the ear coverts in 

 G. J). 2^ectoralis as black, white or white streaked with black, so it is 

 likely that meridionalis will prove equally variable. The latter differs 

 from the northern form in being paler above, the underparts more 

 strongly suffused with buff, the primaries edged with buffy instead of 

 white, and the tips of the outer tail feathers tipped with bufi'y instead 

 of white. 



G. ji. meridionalis has been recorded from Doi Sutep as high as 5,000 

 feet, but this is exceptional. Gyldenstolpe^^ records it as commonly 

 distributed in northern Siam, and it goes as far south as Hat Sanuk 

 at least and over the border into Tenasserim. De Schauensee ^° took 

 specimens at Chiengmai, Khun Tan, and Chiengdao. 



GARRULAX MONILIGER FUSCATA Baker 



Garrulax moniliger fuscata Baker, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 38, p. 64, 1918 

 (Tavoy, Tenasserim). 



Two males, Koh Lak, June 22 and 24, 1933. 



This is a lighter-colored form than mouhoti; more fulvous, less olive- 

 brown above than hakeri, with the black subterminal bar on the tail 

 narrower. 



The two Koh Lak specimens are in very worn plumage and unsuit- 

 able for comparison. The only specimen in fresh plumage examined 

 is the male from Raheng recorded by Chasen and Kloss," which differs 

 from the northern form as indicated above; Robinson and Kloss " 

 report it from Hat Sanuk, near Koh Lak. 



It seems to be confined to western and southwestern Siam and the 

 adjacent regions of Burma. 



«s The fauna of British India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 160, 1922. 

 "Ibis, 1920, p. 487. 



'0 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 183, 1934. 

 " Journ. Siam Sec. Nat. Hist. Suppl.. vol. 7, p. 176, 1928. 

 " Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 283, 1924. 



