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HIRUNDO DAURICA NIPALENSIS Hodgson 



Hirundo nipalensis Hodgson, Jo urn. Asiat. See. Bengal, vol. 5, p. 780, 1836 

 (central region of Nepal). 



One male and one female, Doi Angka, 3,500 feet, December 7, 1928. 



These agree better with, specimens from the mountains of Szech- 

 wan than with striolata of Java and the Philippines. The wing of the 

 male measures 118 mm; that of the female, 118.5 mm. Both speci- 

 mens are molting into the breeding plumage, but the process is only 

 about half completed. 



This apparently is not a common bird in Siam, and there are few 

 records. Williamson ^* first recorded it from Chiengmai as Hirundo 

 striolata. De Schauensee ^^ took specimens at Chiengmai and Chien- 

 grai in winter that were identified as nipalensis. Deignan ^^ states 

 that it is irregularly common at Chiengmai and Doi Sutep to 5,500 

 feet between November and July. 



The form breeds in the Himalayas and the high mountains of 

 western China and in Fokien, eastern and northeastern China, mi- 

 grating south in winter to northern India, Burma, Siam, Tonkin, 

 Annam, and Cochinchina. 



HIRUNDO SMITHH FHJFERA Stephens 



Hirundo fill/era Stephens, General zoology, vol. 13, pt. 2, p. 78, 1826 (India). 



Dr. Smith took a female at Ban Tung Kwai Tao, Salwin River, 

 Burma, January 12, 1933, and notes it as common. This is only a 

 short distance from the Siamese boundary. Deignan " has recorded 

 it from the Meping Gorges and on the plain in the Chiengmai region 

 from January 28 to February 14, 1936. It has been taken on the 

 Mekong in Laos. 



The form ranges from Persia to India, the Shan States, Tenasserim, 

 and east to Laos and Annam. 



Family CAMPEPHAGIDAE: Cuckoo-shrikes 



PERICROCOTUS FLAMMEUS ELEGANS McClulIand 



Pericrocotus elegans McClelland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p. 156 (Khasia 

 Hills, Burma). 



Three males and five females, Doi Hua Mot, August 19-30, 1934; 

 one female, Doi Phi'a Chao, August 6, 1934; four adult males, one 

 immature male, and three females, Khun Tan Mountains, 2,000-4,200 

 feet, November 19-23, 1928, and May 18, 1933; eight adult males, 

 two immature males, and three females, Khun Tan, 3,000-4,000 feet, 

 October 18, 23, 1929, August 25-28, 1930, February 16-March 3, 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 23, 1918. 



»» Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 561, 1930. 



•• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 153, 1931. 



•' Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, pp. 99, 134, 1936. 



