BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 361 



Wing, 62.5-68 (64.9); tail, 38.5-42.5 (40.7); culmen, 13-14 (13.3) mm. 

 One female form the Mergiii Arcliipelago: Wing, 66.5; tail, 43; 

 culmen, 13.5 mm. 



This form ranges from southern Tenasserim south through Penin- 

 sular Siam to the Malay States. 



It occurs throughout Peninsular Siam. Robinson ^^ records it from 

 Langkawi and from Kao Nawng, Bandon;^* Glydenstolpe ^* records 

 a specimen from Koh Lak Paa; Robinson and Kloss *^ from Renong 

 River; Tasan, Chumporn; and Hat Sanuk; Grant ^^ from Patani, 



ERPORNIS ZANTHOLEUCA CANESCENS Delacour and Jabouille 



Erpornis xantholeuca canescens Delacour and Jabouille, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 vol. 48, p. 132, 1928 (Bokor, 1,000 meters, southern Cambodia). 



One male, Hupbon, November 5, 1931; one male, Nong Khor, near 

 Sriracha, September 26, 1925; four males, Kao Sabap, November 1-17, 

 1933; one male, Kao Kuap, Krat, December 24, 1929. 



This small series of males from southeastern Siam differs from the 

 series from northern and eastern Siam in being less yellowish above 

 and the pileum and nape with a grayish cast, not the same as the 

 color of the back. De Schauensee ^^ has also referred specimens from 

 Chantabun and Sriracha to this form. 



The seven males measure: Wing, 62-69 (67.3); tail, 42.5-49 (45.6); 

 culmen, 11.5-13 (12.2) mm. 



The form ranges from Cambodia to southeastern Siam. Two other 

 forms occur in southern China and one in southern Annam. 



CUTIA NIPALENSIS NIPALENSIS Hodgson 



Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 5, p. 774, 1836 (Nepal). 



One male and three females, Doi Nangka, November 6, 1930; one 

 male. Pang Meton (Doi Nangka), May 1, 1931. Dr. Smith describes 

 the soft parts as: Iris reddish brown; bill above black, below dark 

 blue; legs deep yellow. 



Deignan,^^ Chasen and Kloss,^ and de Schauensee ^ report it from 

 Doi Sutep, 5,500 feet. 



The form ranges from Nepal to eastern Assam and south through 

 Burma to northern Siam and northwestern Tonkin. 



w Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 7, p. 179, 1917. 



'< Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 107, 1915. 



•» Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. C2, 1916. 



M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 303, 1924. 



" Fasciculi Malayenses, pt. 3, p. 80, 1905. 



" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 190, 1934. 



•' Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 138, 1931, 



' Journ. Siam. Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 245, 1932. 



> Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 196, 1934. 



