BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 427 



farthest north that it has been taken in the Peninsula.^^ 



Stuart Baker ^^ gives its range as southern Tenasserim and Siam 



to Singapore; Cochinchina; Java (Bartels and Stresemann); and 



Sumatra. 



A form occurs in Borneo and two or more on islands off the west 



coast of Sumatra, and there is a specimen from Cagayan Suki in 



the United States National Museum. It is darker and has a deeper 



reddish head than either the Bornean or mainland form and has 



been named 0. c. cagayanensis Riley. 



CISTICOLA JUNCIDIS MALAYA Lynea 



Ctsticola juncidis malaya Lynes, Ibis, 1930, Cisticola Supplement, p. 92 (Klang, 



Malay Peninsula). 



Two adult females and one immature female, Bangkok, October 3, 

 1923, October 23, 1925, August 3, 1926; one female. Bung Borapet, 

 June 21, 1932; one male. Ban Ton, Udon, February 26, 1929. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male on the Bindings, Straits of 

 Malacca, April 12, 1900. 



Herbert " says it is exceedingly common in central Siam, nesting 

 in the paddy fields. He has seen as many as 30 nests in one morning. 

 The nesting season is from early in May, if the rains are good, to the 

 end of August, and sporadically throughout the year. Deignan ^' 

 states that it is common in ricefields at Chiengmai during the rains, 

 rare and local at other seasons. De Schauensee ^^ records a male 

 from Hua Mak, March 17; Baker '^ gives the additional localities of 

 Samkok, Sansep, and Muek Lek. 



I have not examined any specimens from northern Siam. It is 

 quite possible that birds from there may be C. j. cursitans. 



Lynes gives the range as Lower Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, 

 Nicobars, Sumatra, and western Java. 



FRANKLINIA GRACILIS (Franklin) 



Prinia gracilis Franklin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, p. 119 (Ganges or 

 Vindijian Hills). 



One male. Pang Meton (Doi Nangka), May 2, 1931; one male, 

 Khun Tan, 4,500 feet, February 20, 1932; one female, Chiengmai, 

 November 26, 1928; one female, Muang Kanburi, April 15, 1928; 

 one female, Korat, February 14, 1929. 



The fall- and v/inter-taken birds are quite different from those of 

 summer. The male from Pang Meton is deep mouse gray on the 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 322, 1924. 



" The fauna of British India, Birds, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. llfi, 1924. 



»< Joiirn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 100, 1923. 



«» Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 149, 1931. 



M Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8r>, p. 228, 1934. 



•'Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siant, vol. 3, p. 200, 1919. 



