212 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



PICUS VITTATUS CONNECTENS (Robinson and KIoss) 



Gecinus vitialus conneciens Robinson and Kloss, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. vol. 40, 

 p. 13, 1919 (Langkawi Island). 



This race was founded upon specimens taken upon Langkawi and 

 Dayang Bunting, Langkawi Islands. 



There is a female in the United States National Museum from 

 Great Karimon Island collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott, May 28, 1903, 

 that agrees with the description of this form. It is more of a grass- 

 green above, with scarcely any yellow wash on the rump when com- 

 pared with the same sex of Picus vittatus eisenhoferi; below it is more 

 buffy on the throat and jugulum, and the chest and belly are less 

 heavily streaked with a more brownish olive-green. The wing 

 measures 133.5 mm. 



This form very Ukely occurs on some of the Siamese islands such as 

 Terutau. Picus vittatus vittatus Vieillot, a smaller and more richly 

 colored form, is found in Java, the Malay States, and (?) Sumatra. 



PICUS VIRIDANUS (BIyth) 



Picus viridanus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 12, p. 1000, 1843 (Arrakan). 

 Gecinus weberi Muller, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, p. 69, 1882 (Salanga). 

 Picus viridanus mcridianus Kloss, Ibis, 1926, p. 689 (Lanira, Trang, Peninsular 

 Siam) . 



One female, Sichol, Bandon, May 15, 1930; one male, Tha Lo, 

 Bandon, September 18, 1931; one male, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, Jan- 

 uary 4, 1934. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: one male and four 

 females, Trang (Prahmon, February 27, March 13, and April 16, 1896; 

 Trang, January 25 and March 3, 1899); and two males in Tenasserim 

 (Tanjong Badak, January 12, 1900; Bok Pyin, February 17, 1900). 

 He gives the soft parts as: Iris dark reddish brown or dark red; bill 

 dull horny black, base of lower mandible yellowish green or yellow; 

 feet dull greenish, pale green, or olive green. 



No Burma specimens have been available, except the two from 

 Tenasserim collected by Dr. Abbott. All the above series seem to 

 belong to one form. 



Four males from Koh Lak, southwestern Siam, south to Trang, 

 measure: Wmg 132-143 (137); tail, 94-100 (96.5); cuhnen, 34-36.5 

 (35.3) mm. Two males from Tenasserim: Wing, 135.5-138; tail, 

 96.5-101.5; culmcn, 34-36 mm. Six females from Koh Lak south to 

 Trang: Wing, 128-136 (131.6); tail, 89-100 (95.7); culmen, 31-33 

 (32.2) mm. 



If the Peninsular bird should eventually be deemed worthy of recog- 

 nition, Miiller's name weberi would be applicable. 



One of the males from Trang has a wing measuring 143 mm, which 

 is greater than KIoss's limit for the race, but the other Trang male has 

 not. 



