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Peninsular Siam to Trengganu; specimens from Singapore and the 

 southern end of the Mahxy Peninsula are doubtfully separable. 



AEGITHINA VIRIDISSIMA VIRIDISSIMA (Bonaparte) 



Jora viridissima Bonaparte, Conspectus generum avium, vol. 1, p. 397, 1850 

 (Sumatra and Borneo; restricted to Sumatra). 



One female, Bukit, Patani, Januarj^ 23, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took a female on Pulo Langkawi, December 3, 

 1899. 



This form occurs from southern Tenasserim south tlirough Penin- 

 sular Siam to Singapore, Cochinchina, and Sumatra. Other forms 

 occur in the Natunas, Anambas, and Borneo. 



Robinson and Kloss record it from Trang *'^ and Junkseylon 

 (Puket) '^; Robinson ^^ from Pulo Terutau; Kloss ^° from Koh Lak; 

 de Schaueusee ^* from Nakon Sritamarat. 



CHLOROPSIS AURIFRONS AURIFRONS (Temminck) 



Phyllornis aurifrons Temminck, Nouveau recueil de planches colorizes d'oiseaux, 

 livr. 81, pi. 484, fig. 1, 1829 (district Pallemberg, Sumatra; error; India). 



One male, Doi Nangka, lower slopes, December 9, 1928; one male, 

 Nan, April 16, 1930; one male. Ban Nam Kien, Nan, April 21, 1930; 

 one male, Mesuya Valley, January 2, 1933 ; one male, Mae Hong Sorn, 

 January 8, 1933. 



De Schauensee ^^ records it from Chiengmai, Doi Sutep, 2,000 feet, 

 Chiengrai, and IVIechai; all localities in northern Siam. Deignan ^^ 

 gives it as common on Doi Sutep, 1,100-2,500 feet; Chasen and Kloss ^* 

 record it from Raheng, western Siam. Two of the latter (male and 

 female) upon which the record was founded were later acquired by the 

 United States National Museum. 



The range of the form is from the Himalayas of Garhwal and Simla 

 to eastern Assam, the hill country of north and northeastern India, 

 the whole of Burma and north and western Siam; it has been recorded 

 from central Siam, but the records are doubtful. 



I'Ibis, 1911, p. 55. 



IS Jouni. Nat. Uist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 106, 1919. 



" Jouru. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 7, p. 171, 1917. 



»» Ibis, 1918. p. 197. 



>' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 200, 1934. 



" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 537, 1930. 



« Jouru. Siam Soc. Nnt. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 139, 1931. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 7, p. 174, 1928. 



