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parts, ocliraceoiis-buff. Gyldenstolpe ^' records it as A. p. magnirostris 

 from Kao Plyng and Doi Par Sakeng. 



If correctly determined, then A. p. haringtoniae would range from 

 northeastern Upper Burma south into northern Siam. 



ALCIPPE POIOICEPHALA DAVISONI Harington 



Alcippe phaeocephala davisoni Harington, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 

 23, p. 453, 1915 (Tavoy; Mergui and the south). 



One male and one female, Kao Luang, 3,000 feet, Nakon Sritamarat, 

 July 14, 1928; one female, Pran, April 1, 1931; two males, Kao Sol 

 Dao, Trang, September 9 and December 26, 1933. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Seven males and five 

 females in Trang (Kao Soi Dao, 2,500 feet, February 10, 12, 1897; 

 Kao Nom Plu, 2,000-3,000 feet, February 20-24, 1897; slopes of Kao 

 Song, 2,000 feet, March 1, 1897; Kao Nok Ram, 2,000-3,000 feet, 

 January 10-12, 1899); two males, Tenasserim (Victoria Point, Janu- 

 ary 3, 1900; Telok Krang, February 17, 1904); three males and one 

 female, Mergui Archipelago (St. Matthews Island, January 14, 15, 

 1900; Sullivan Island, February 4, 1900). He gives the soft parts as: 

 Iris dark brownish gray; bill dark horny brown above, pale leaden 

 beneath; feet pale brownish jfleshy. 



A specimen shot on Kao Soi Dao, February 12, contained nearly 

 mature eggs. 



In this form the nuchal dark stripes are absent or practically so. 



This form extends from Trang, Peninsular Siam, north to south- 

 western Siam and southern Tenasserim; perhaps somewhat farther 

 north and south. 



ALCIPPE CINEREA CINEREA BIyth 



Alcippe cinerea Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 13, p. 384, 1844 (Singapore). 



Four males and two females, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, December 28-30, 

 1933. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took five males and two females in Trang (Lay 

 Song Hong, September 10, 189G; Kao Nom Plu, 1,000 feet, February 

 23, 1897; Hills, 1,000 feet, February 25, 1897; and Kao Soi Dao, 

 1,000 feet, February 8-20, 1899). He records the soft parts as: 

 Iris pale brownish gray; upper mandible dark brown, lower bluish, 

 yellow at the base; feet leaden. 



One female had nearly mature eggs and was taken on the Trang 

 Hills, February 25. 



The form ranges from Sumatra to the Malay States and northward 

 through Peninsular Siam to Bandon, where it has been recorded by 

 Robinson.''^ 



" Ibis, 1920, p 482 



'" Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 6, p. 105, 1015. 



