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GARRULAX MONILIGER BAKERI de Schauensee 



Garrulax moniliger bakeri de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 87, p. 409, 1935 (Nawng Haw, Chiengmai, northern Siam). 



One male, Huey Me Sae, December 24, 1932; one female, Doi 

 Phra Chao, August 4, 1934. 



This form is described as being paler than 0. m. moniliger and 

 6. m.juscata. Of the former no specimens are available for comparison, 

 and of the latter I have only one male from Raheng suitable for com- 

 parison. The Raheng male is more fulvous-brown above and the tips 

 of the outer tail feathers are a deeper buff; below there seems to be 

 little difference. 



My series is too small for me to judge the distinctness of the present 

 form, but as the two specimens available seem to agree Math the 

 characters assigned to the race, it is recognized. As the describer says, 

 ^. m. bakeri is more olive above and on the central rectrices. 



The form, so far as known, is confined to northern Siam, but prob- 

 ably extends into the adjacent parts of Burma. Gyldenstolpe '^ re- 

 ports it rather common in northern Siam, but other collectors appar- 

 ently have not found it so; de Schauensee ^^ took four specimens north 

 of Chiengmai (Nawng Haw), where he says it is apparently rare. 

 Gyldenstolpe ^^ secured a set of three pale blue eggs at Pak Koh, 

 April 16, 1914. The eggs measured 28.5 by 21.2, 28.5 by 21.2, and 

 27.6 by 20.7 mm. The nest was placed in a low tree within a bamboo 

 jungle and could easily be reached from the ground. 



GARRULAX MONILIGER MOUHOTI Sharpe 



Garrulax mouhoti Sharpe, Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, vol. 7, 

 p. 444, 1883 (Cambodia). 



Two males and one female, Nong Khor, near Sriracha, September 

 26, 1925, November 15, 1926; one female, Sikeu, near Korat, March 4, 

 1926; one male. Pang Sok, August 24, 1926; one male and one female, 

 Knong Phra, near Pak Chong, April 13, 1929 ; two males and one female, 

 Lat Bua Kao, August 3-9, 1929; one male, Tha Chang, January 2, 

 1931; one female, Huey Yang, Sriracha, August 4, 1932 



All the above specimens come from the eastern part of the country. 



This is a darker and more richly colored form than 0. m. fuseata, 

 but it is not strikingly different. It ranges from Cambodia into 

 eastern Siam. Robinson and IQoss ^^ say that the Menam is probably 

 the western boundary between it and 0. m. fuscata; de Schauensee " 

 secured specimens at Bua Yai and Kengkoi. 



■ '« Ibis, 1920, p. 487. 

 1* Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 184, 1934. 

 '• Kiinsl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 55, 1916. 

 '• Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5. p. 284, 1924. 

 " Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 184, 1934. 



