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The only male specimen in tliis large series that is beginning to 

 have an approach to the adult breeding plumage is one collected on 

 June 24. The head, throat, and chest have some of the red adult 

 feathers coming in, especially on the head. This specimen compared 

 with one from India is more carmine red, and the spots on the wings, 

 rump, and tail are smaller and reduced in number. For this reason 

 I am provisionally referring them to the Cambodian form. 



De Schauensee ^^ also took specimens at the same locality in June 

 and comments on the fewness of the spots on the wings. 



The exact range of the form is a little uncertain. So far it is known 

 from Cambodia, Cochinchina, Tonkin, and central Siam. 



Deignan "^^ collected a specimen at Chiengmai on June 1, 1935, 

 which he assigns to A. a. amandava; it has not been compared with 

 Indian specimens, however. 



PASSER FLAVEOLUS BIyth 



Passer flaveolus, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 13, p. 946, 1844 

 (Arrakan). 



Two males. Ban Pong, September 17, 18, 1929; three males and three 

 females, Bangkok, October 3, 8, 1924, April 5, 6, and May 26, 31, 

 1926; two males. Bung Borapet, March 21, 1933; two males and one 

 female, Lomkao, February 20, 21, 1934; one male, Korat, March 28, 

 1929; one male, Pak Chong, May 9, 1925; one male and one female, 

 Knong Phra, Pak Chong, April 10, 12, 1929; one male, Pak Chong, 

 May 9, 1925, one male, Tha Chang, March 16, 1927; one male, Muek 

 Lek, April 16, 19, 1933; one male, Nongkae, May 6, 1929. 



Two of the above females from Bangkok are young not long from 

 the nest and were collected May 26 and 31. 



There are two types of coloration in the males, one in which the 

 chest and flanks are deep olive-buff; only the center of the breast 

 and belly light yellow. The other has all the lowerparts rather 

 bright yellow, a little obscured on the chest and flanks. The two 

 styles do not seem to be confined to season or locality. I rather think 

 the first style is the first adult plumage of the immature male. 



The species ranges from Arrakan and Pegu to Burma, Siam, Cam- 

 bodia, Laos, Cochinchina, and Annam. 



In Siam it has been taken practically all over the country except 

 in the Peninsula, where it has been taken only in the northern part. 

 WilHamson " records it as a resident at Bangkok and lists it also from 

 Muek Lek and Sriracha; and later from Ilua Ilin, Pran, and Nongkae 

 in southwestern Siam.*^ Gyldenstolpe ^^ took a female at Khun 



" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 235, 1934. 



" Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10. p. 127, 1936. 



■«' Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 2, p. 196, 1917. 



« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 3, p. 44, 1918. 



«» Kungl. Svenska Vet-Akad. Handl., vol. 56, no. 2, p. 29, 1916. 



