BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 401 



14, 1928, February 3, 1932; one male, Doi Mana, December 30, 1932; 

 one female, Um Mong Valley, December 31, 1932; one male, Mae 

 Hong Sorn, January 9, 1933. 



This race is found from the Kachin and Chin Mountains of Burma 

 eastward to Yunnan and ail soutii Cliina eastward to Fukien; south- 

 ward it extends to Tonkin, southern Annam, Laos, and northern Siam. 

 It seems to be resident where found but breeds only in the mountains, 

 ■descending to the valleys in winter. 



Count Gyldenstolpe " vras able to report it only from Khun Tan, 

 where it seemed to be rare; it has since been found to be more or less 

 a common bird in the mountains of northern Siam, judged from the 

 number of specimens taken by Dr. Smith. In northern Siam it may 

 be only a winter resident, as Deignan ^* reports it common only on Doi 

 Sutep from October to March. 



ENICURUS SCHISTACEUS SCHISTACEUS (Hodgson) 



Motacilla schistaceus Hodgson, Asiat. Res., vol. 19, p. 189, 1836 (Nepal). 



One male. Pang Meton (Doi Nangka), May 1, 1931; one immature 

 female, Doi Hua Mot, August 26, 1934; two females, Ban Padieng, 

 December 22, 1932; one male, Huey Lak, December 23, 1932; one 

 male and one female. Song Kwe Valley, January 20, 1933. 



All these localities are in the north; it has not been taken elsewhere 

 in Siam, so far as I am aware. 



Count Gyldenstolpe*® reports it from Khun Tan and Doi ParSakeng; 

 it has been taken on Doi Sutep by de Schauensee and Deignan, the 

 latter recording it as occurring between 2,000 and 3,600 feet ''°; 

 de Schauensee ®^ also secured it on Chiengdao. 



The form ranges from Kumaon to eastern Assam, Burma, southern 

 Tenasserim, Yunnan, western Szechwan, and northern Siam to Laos, 

 Tonkin, and southern Annam. Kobinson and Ivloss " say that it is 

 known from the Malay States from two localities, Perak and the 

 Pahang-Selangor boundary. 



The form occurring in Fukien and Kwantung, southern China, 

 has been separated by Swinhoe and recognized by La Touclie as 

 E. s. leucoschistus,^^ but judged from the latter's remarks it must be 

 very close to schistaceus, if separable at all. 



I have examined no specimens from India or southeastern China 

 but have a small scries from western Szechwan; unfortunately most 

 of them are unsexed. The Siamese series seems to be a darker gray 

 above than those from Szechwan, but the difference is small. 



" Ibis, I92n, p. 475. 



» Journ. Siam Soc. Kat. Hist. Supp!., vol. 8, p. 142, 1931. 



" Ibis, 1920, p. 476. 



«« Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 8, p. 142, 1931. 



«' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, vol. 86, p. 209, 1934. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc Siam, vol. 5, p. 310, 1924. 



»» A handbook of the birds of eastern China, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 135, 1925, 



