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sist long after the specimen is apparently adult, and I suspect they 

 even breed in this plumage the first year. This fact is mentioned 

 since specimens in this stage seem to be browner about the head and 

 lighter on the back and breast than older fully adult birds. In 

 comparing specimens birds of approximately the same age should be 

 used . 



The form ranges from eastern Siam into Laos, Cambodia, Cochin- 

 china, and Annam. 



Robinson ^^ reports it from Ban Nong Chim and Ban Buang; 

 de Schauensee's ^^ records from Kcngkoi, Bua Yai, and Nakon Nayok 

 without much doubt belong to this race also, rather than to the 

 northern one. 



Kinnear ^* has clearly shown that the name Corvus rufus Latham 

 cannot be used for this species, but that Coracias vagabunda Latham 

 must take its place. 



DENDROCITTA HIMALAYENSIS ASSIMILIS Hume 



Dendrocitta assimilis Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 5, p. 117, 1877 (Hill Tenasserim). 



One male, Doi Nangka, 8,000 feet, December 6, 1928; two females, 

 Doi Nangka, November 19, 1930; one male and one female. Pang 

 Meton (Doi Nangka), May 1, 2, 1931; one female, Khun Tan, August 

 28, 1930. 



This race was first recorded from Siam by Count Gyldenstolpe ^^ 

 from Khun Tan, since which it has been reported from Doi Sutep by 

 nearly all the collectors that have visited this well-known mountain. 

 De Schauensee,^® in recording it from Chiengmai and Chiengdao, 

 says that it appears to be a purely mountain bird; all the speci- 

 mens taken were at an altitude about 4,500 feet. Chasen and 

 KJoss " record it from the Rahcng District; Stuart Baker ^^ from 

 Chan Teuk and Krabin in eastern and southeastern Siam, which 

 seem very unlikely localities for this form. 



The form ranges from the mountains of Tenasserim north to the 

 Shan States and northern Siam; eastern Siam (?). 



CRYPSIRINA TEMIA (Daudin) 



Corvus temia Datjdin, Traitd <516mentaire et complet d'ornithologie, vol. 2, p. 244, 



1800 (Java). 

 Cnjpsirhina varians longipennis Neumann, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 55, p. 136, 



1935 (Chantaboon, southeastern Siam). 



One female, Huey Yang, Nakon Sritamarat, October 2, 1930; two 

 males and two females, Koh Lak, June 9, 15, 1933; one male, Pran, 



" Ibis. 1931, p. 339. 



" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 178, 1934. 



" Ibis. 1931, p. ."igS. 



" Joiirn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 164, 1915. 



M Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 179, 1934. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p. ISO, 1928. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 181, 1919. 



