BIRDS FROM SI AM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 261 



The range is Borneo, Java, Banka, and Sumatra; accidental (?) in 

 Peninsular Siam. A closely related form, P. s. sordida (Miiller), is 

 found in the Philippines and another, P. s. sanghirana Schlcgel, on the 

 Sanghir Islands. 



EUCTCHLA GURNEYI (Hume) 



Pitta gurneyi Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 3, p. 296, pi. 3, 1875 (southern 

 Tenasserim) . 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a male and female in Tenasserim (Sungei 

 Balik, February 26 and Telok Besar, March 1904). He gives the soft 

 parts as: Iris dark brown; bill black; feet pale fleshy. 



This species occurs rather commonly in Peninsular Siam and has 

 been taken from Koh Lak in the north, south to Trang, but not much 

 farther, according to Kobinson and Kloss.^^ These authors report 

 that more than 30 specimens have been taken ^° in Trang, and it 

 has been collected from various points to the northward. Herbert ®^ 

 records a set of four eggs taken by his collector at Klong Wang Hip, 

 Tung Song, Peninsular Siam, October 9, and gives a description of 

 them. 



EUCICHLA IRENA (Temminck) 



Pitta irena Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colori6es d'oiseaux, livr. 100, 

 text to pi. 591, not figured, 1836 (northern Sumatra). 



One male and two females, Sichol, Bandon, August 29, 31, 1929, 

 and May 21, 1930; two males and two females, Kao Chong, Trang, 

 August 29-30, 1933; six males and two females, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, 

 December 27, 1933-January 28, 1934. 



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

 (Prahmon, April 8, 1896; Lay Song Hong, August 20-December 2, 

 1896; Kao Nok Ram, January 7, 1899). 



Two males from Sumatra in the United States National Museum 

 compared with the mainland series are a deeper, more reddish, brown 

 on the back; below, the blue of the breast is brighter and not so dark; 

 the red barring on sides of chest is purer. The mainland bird may 

 belong to a different race. 



This form ranges from Sumatra to the Malay States and northward 

 through Peninsular Siam to Tasan, Chumporn, whence Robinson and 

 Kloss " report specimens. Robinson *^ reports taldng a nest with 

 three eggs on Kao Nawng, 700 feet, June 10, and gives a description 

 and measurements of the eggs. 



This species is sometimes treated as a race of Eucichla guayana, but 

 it is so widely different that to so treat it, is to ignore these fundamen- 

 tal dissimilarities. 



" Journ. Siam fioc. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 222, 1924. 



•oibis, 1911, p. 49. 



•1 Journ. Nat. Hist. See. Siam, vol. 6, p. 298, 1924. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam. vol. 5, p. 223, 1924. 



M Journ. Federated Malay States Mas., vol. 5, p. 97, 1916. 



