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molted and not replaced. The remainder of the immatiires are like 

 the adult but grayer above and with less buff on the breast and belly. 



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

 (Prahmon, April 2, 1896; and Lay Song Hong, November 19, 1896). 

 He gives the soft parts as: Iris yellow; bill yellow, base black; feet 

 yellow or brownish yellow. 



The adults are grayer, less brownish, and the buff below is lighter 

 and less extensive, except the under tail coverts, which are deeper 

 buff when compared with A. j. juscus of India, which is considerably 

 larger. 



A. j. torquatas ranges from the Malay States north through Penin- 

 sular Siam to southern Tenasserim. 



Bonhote *^ records it from Patalung and Patani; Ogilvie-Grant " 

 from Patani; Robinson and B^loss ^^ from Trang. They state that it 

 is not found south of Selangor. Robinson ^^ says that it extends north 

 to the Istlimus of Kra. 



AETHIOPSAR GRANDIS GRANDIS (Moore) 



Acridotheres grandis Moore, in Horsfield and Moore, A catalogue of the birds in 

 the Museum of the Hon. East India Company, vol. 2, p. 537, 1856-58 

 (Sumatra, error; Tenasserim). 



One male and one female, Muang Kanburi, April 10, 14, 1928; 

 one male, Nan, April 13, 1930; one male, Bung Borapet, March 22, 

 1933; one female, Sikeu, near Korat, February 15, 1926; one female, 

 Lat Bua Kao, August 10, 1929; four males and one female, Pak 

 Chong, April 25, 26, 1926; one female, Sakeo, near Krabin, May 9, 

 1928; one male and one female, Nong Khor, March 23, 1926; one 

 unsexed, Kao Lem Sing, Chantabun, June 8, 1926. 



The female taken at Lat Bua Kao, August 10, is immature but 

 about adult size. It is molting into the first winter plumage and 

 has nearly completed the process, except for the head, wings, tail, 

 and a streak down the center of the breast. The head and throat 

 are fuscous, and a streak of this color runs down the breast to the anus; 

 the rest of the body plumage is a new and a much lighter gray than 

 that of the adult; the outer secondaries and some of the lesser and 

 greater wing coverts are new. The specimen wears a lighter livery 

 than the adult, and this must be considered in comparing specimens. 



The form ranges practically all over Siam proper and in the south- 

 western part of the country as far as Koh Lak. 



Herbert " secured five sets of eggs taken in June and July at 

 Ayuthia, Samkok, Hua Takhae, and the Tachin side. 



'• Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1901, vol. 1, p. 66. 



i« Fasciculi Malayenses, pt. 3, p. 67, 1905. 



"Ibis, 1911, p. 68. 



» The bir'ls of the Malay Peninsula, vol. 1, p. 283, 1927. 



" Journ. Nat. Uist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 112. 1923. 



