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two females, Huey Yang, Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, October 1 

 and 6, 1930; one male and one female, Tha Lo, Bandon, September 

 14 and 25, 1931; one male, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, December 21, 1933; 

 one male. Waterfall, Trang, August 24, 1933. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott took three males and four females in Trang, 

 February 13, 1897, December 30-31, 1898, January 5 and 27, 1899. 

 He gives the color of the soft parts as: Iris dark brown; bill leaden 

 blue, culmen black; feet leaden blue. 



All the males in this series have the upperparts strongl)^ washed 

 with black, even those taken in winter, but, with the exception of one 

 taken by Dr. Abbott, December 30, not quite so strongly as the 

 July specimens. The specimens collected by Dr. Smith from Pran, 

 southwestern Siam, northward and eastward in Siam, are all yellowish 

 green above, with little or no blackish wash, no matter whether 

 taken in the breeding season or not; in some the inner web of rectrices 

 have more or less black and they have been assigned to the next 

 race, mnotatus, rectrices of the males of the Peninsular birds being 

 entirely black in breeding specimens at least. 



The seven males from Peninsular Siam measure: Wing, 67-75 (71.8) ; 

 culmen, 20-22 (21.1) mm. Eight females: Wmg, 67.5-72 (69.7); 

 culmen, 20-22 (20.6) mm. 



Robinson and Kloss ^^ record this race from the northern end of 

 Peninsular Siam as far as Hat Sanuk, southwestern Siam, but remark 

 that the specimens show very little black above. From this I gather 

 they are more or less intermediate between this and the next race 

 {innotatus). 



The range of A. I. lajresnayei is from the Malay States north through 

 Peninsular Siam to possibly southern Tenasserim, but just how far 

 north is not known. Dr. Smith took A. I. innotatus as far south as 

 Koh Lak, which is a few miles east of Hat Sanuk. 



Robinson and Kloss '^ record A. I. lafresnayei from Tung Pran, 

 Renong River, Mamoh, Tapli, Tasan, and Hat Sanuk. These 

 records probably represent its northern limit. 



AETHORHYNCHUS LAFRESNAYEI INNOTATUS (BIyth) 



lora innotata Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 16, p. 472, 1847 (Arracan). 



Two males and two females, Pran, May 26, 1928; April 1-4, 1931; 

 three males, Koh Lak, June 7-22, 1933; six males and two females, 

 Pak Chong, May 14-16, 1925, November 19-December 8, 1929; one 

 female. Lam Klong Lang, Pak Chong, June 5, 1925; two males and 

 one female, Tha Chang, Pak Chong, March 20, 1927, January 2, 1931 ; 

 two males and one female, Sikeu, near Korat, Februarj^ 8, March 1 



"Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 259, 1924. 

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