BIRDS FRO]M SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 493 



miles west of Kempempet; de Schaiiensee from Nongkhae,^ Nakorn 

 Nayok/ Tamuang, Biia Yai, and Sriracha.^ Deignan observed it 

 between Ban Tapui and Ban Sam Ngao, the only record for northern 

 Siam.* 



ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS TRISTIS (Linnaeus) 



Paradisea tristis Linnaeus, S.ystema naturae, ed. 12, p. 167, 1766 (Philippines), 

 Four males and one female, Bangkok, October 14, 24, 1924, Decem- 

 ber 19, 30, 1925, May 14, 1934; one female, Lomkao, February 20, 

 1934; one male, Pak Chong, November 17, 1925; two males and two 

 females, Knong Phra, Pak Chong, April 10-14, 1929; one female, 

 Patalung, July 10, 1929. 



This form is thought to have been introduced into Siam, but I 

 have seen no records of its introduction. Be this as it may, it is 

 apparently rather common over the v.hole country at present. 

 Herbert '° says that in 1919 it was found breeding by his collector 

 only at Hua Takhae on the Petrieu line and that eggs were taken on 

 June 10 and 16; there is a note by the editors that the form has since 

 become a common breeder at Bangkok from March onward. 

 Aagaard " has a note that a single pair at Bangkok laid nine clutches 

 of eggs in the same nest from March 25 to August 28. Just what its 

 status is in Peninsular Siam it is hard to say. Robinson and Kloss *' 

 record three males from Nam Chut taken February 24, 25. Dr. 

 Smith's specimen from Patalung is the southernmost record for the 

 Peninsula to date known to me. 



The form ranges all over India and east to Burma, Yunnan, Siam, 

 Cambodia, Laos, and Annam. It has been introduced into many 

 parts of the world. 



AETHIOPSAR FUSCUS TORQUATUS (Davison) 



Acridotheres iorquatus Davison, Ibis, 1892, p. 102 (Pahang). 



Seven males and three females, Nakon Sritamarat, September 6, 

 1924, September 28, 29, 1926; and one male, Haad Yai, July 12, 1929. 



Most of this series are immature but of about adult size. Two of 

 the immature, taken September 28 and 29, may be described as 

 follows: Youngest — drab above and on the throat and chest; breast, 

 belly, and under tail coverts white; the sides and flanks have already 

 molted into the neutral gray of the first winter ])lumage. The other 

 is farther advanced and has only the head and tliroat partially drab; 

 below there is no white at all, as the under tail coverts have been 



« Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philade!i>hia, vol. 80, p. 558, 1928. 

 ' Proc. Acad. Nat. Soi. Philndelpliia, vol. 81, p. 559, 1930. 



• Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 234, 1934. 



• Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl., vol. 10, p. 134, 1936. 

 «« Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. Ill, 1923. 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Riam, vol. fi, p. 313, 1924. 

 " Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 357, 1924. 



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