BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 227 



BLYTHIPICUS RUBIGINOSUS HUBIGINOSUS (Swalnson) 



Hemicircus rubiginosus Swainson, The natural history of the birds of western 

 Africa, vol. 2, p. 150, 1S37 (western Africa, in error; Malacca). 



Four males and four females, Sichol, Bandon, August 28, 29, 1929, 

 May 16-29, 1930; one female, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, January 22, 1934. 

 Dr. Smith describes the soft parts as: Iris dull orange; bill greenish 

 yellow; feet plumbeous. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected nine males and one female, in Trang 

 <Lay Song Hong, August 23-October 1, 1896; Kao Norn Plu, 1,000 feet, 

 February 25, 1897; Kao Nok Ram, 2000 feet, January 14, 1899; 

 Kao Soi Dao, 1,000 feet, February 12, 1899; Trang, February 5, 1897); 

 one male, Endau River, east coast of Johore, June 22, 1901 ; one male, 

 Rumpin River, Paliang, May 25, 1902. He gives the following notes: 

 Iris dull or blood red; bill yellow, greenish at base; feet dull olive- 

 brown. 



Two of the above series (male and female) are immature. The male 

 is slightly older than the female. The iris in the male is given as 

 reddish brown and in the female as grayish brown; the feet in both as 

 brownish black. The two specimens are approaching adult size and 

 were collected at Lay Song Hong, Trang, August 23 (female) and 

 September 28 (male). 



Dr. Abbott states that it frequents dense jungle in the forest and 

 generally keeps in small trees near the ground. 



The form ranges from southern Tenasserim south through Peninsular 

 Siam to the Malay States. 



Robinson and Kloss *^ record it from as far north as Tasan, Chum- 

 porn. In Sumatra and Borneo a somewhat smaller form, B. r. parvus 

 Chasen and Ivloss, occurs. 



MEIGLYPTES TRISTIS GRAMMITHORAX (Malherbe) 



Phaiopicus grammithorax Malherbe, Monographie des picid^es . . ., vol. 2, 

 p. 12, pi. 48, figs. 4, 5, 1862 (Malay Peninsula). 



Three males, Bangnara, Patani, July 15, 16, 1926; one female, 

 Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, July 17, 1928; two females. Ban 

 Kiriwong, Nakon Sritamarat, July 10, 1928; one female, Sichol, 

 Bandon, September 5, 1929. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected the following: Two males and six 

 females, Trang (Prahmon, April 9, 13, 1896; Lay Song Hong, August 

 19 and September 8, 1896; Chong, January 22, 1897; Trang, January 

 29, 1987, March 3, 4, 1899); two males and one female, the Dindings, 

 Straits of Alalacca, April 15, 1900; one male and one female, Dungun 

 River, Trengganu, September 22, 1900; one male, Tanjong Silantei, 

 east coast Johore, July 26, 1901; two males and one female, Rumpin 



<9 Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 178, 1923. 



