BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 497 



one male, Muek Lek, April 26, 1933; five males, Aranya, July 12-17, 

 1930; one male, Nong Along, Krabin, August 25, 1925; one male, 

 Nakon Nayok, November 16, 1929; one male, Nong Yang, November 

 4, 1931. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected six males (one immature) and one 

 female in Trang, March 6, 1896 and March 4, 1897, January 5-27, 

 1899; one female, Victoria Island, Tenasserim, January 5, 1900; one 

 immature male, Mali\vim, Tenasserim, March 25, 1900; and one 

 male. Chance Island, Mergui Archipelago, December 31, 1899. 



The specimens from Trang can be matched by others from northern 

 and southeastern Siam and evidently belong to the same form. 



Five males from Trang measure: Wing, 51-54.5 (53.3); tail, 40-44 

 (41.8); culmen, 15-17 (16.3) mm. Ten males from northern and 

 southeastern Siam: Wing, 51.5-56 (54.5); tail, 40.5-46.5 (44); cul- 

 men, 15.5-17 (16.3). 



The form ranges from eastern Siam to southeastern Siam and 

 through Peninsular Siam at least to Trang, Tenasserim, and southern 

 Burma. 



Gairdner ^^ has recorded it from Ratburi and Petchaburi. It also 

 occurs probably on all the islands of the Gulf of Siam and on the 

 west coast of Peninsular Siam from Terutau and Langkawi north- 

 ward. Robinson records it from Koh Samui,^^ off Bandon, and from 

 Koh Chang and Koh Kut.^'' 



AETHOPYGA SIPARAJA SEHERIAE (Tickell) 



Nectarinia seheriae Tickell, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 2, p. 577, 1833 (near 

 Seheria, Borabhum). 



Two males, Ban Nam Kien, Nan, April 18, 20, 1930. 



The two males from Nam Kien are more or less intermediate but 

 nearer to seheriae. 



A. s. seheriae ranges in the foothills of the Himalayas from Kuman 

 to eastern Bengal, Assam, Laos, and northern Siam. 



Deignan '^^ records it as rare at Chiengmai from December to June. 



AETHOPYGA TEMMINCKH (S. Muller) 



Nectarinia temminckii S. Muller, Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschie- 

 denis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen ... p. 173, footnote, 1843 

 (Mount Singalang, Sumatra). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected a male in Trang, January 27, 1897. 

 This specimen was mentioned by Dr. C. W. Richmond. ^^ Robinson 

 and Kloss " secured a male in the hills above Chong, Trang, December 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 1, p. 149, 1915. 



w Journ. Federated Malay States Mas., vol. 6, p. 151, 1916. 



» Ibis, 1915, p. 757. 



«• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, p. 124, 1936. 



«« Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 22, p. 319, 1900. 



»' Ibis, 1911, p. 75. 



