BIRDS FROM SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA 485 



1926 and September 18-24, 1928; one female, Koh Samui, August 7, 

 1931; two males and two unsexed, Koh Lak, June 13 and 23, 1933, 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected two males and two females in the 

 Mergui Archipelago (Domel Island, February 24, 1900; Heifer 

 Island, March 6, 1900; High Island, December 31, 1900; Sir Wilham 

 James Island, December 30, 1903); one male, Dungun River, Treiig- 

 ganu, September 24, 1900; and one female, Pulo Babi, east coast of 

 Johore, July 28, 1901. 



The four specimens from the Mergui Archipelago seem to be lighter 

 above than Dr. Smith's series from Peninsular Siam, but the latter 

 were collected mostly late in summer or early in fall; when specimens 

 are compared, taken at about the same season, the differences largely 

 disappear. 



Ten males from the Malay Peninsula measure: Wing, 78-85 (81.8); 

 culmen, 13.5-15 (14.2) mm. Nine females from the Malay Peninsula 

 and southeastern Siam: Wing, 77-87 (81); culmen, 13.5-15 (14.2) 

 mm. The two males from Mergui Archipelago: Wing, 86-90; cul- 

 men, 15-15 mm. The two females: Wing, 82-88; culmen, 14-14.5 

 mm. 



Robinson and Kloss ^' say that in their experience it is never found 

 very far from the mangrove belt; consequently it is found around the 

 coast and on islands off the coast from the Malay States in the south, 

 north through Peninsular Siam to Tenasserim, Pegu, and Arracan; 

 eastward it extends to southeastern Siam, Cochinchina, and South 

 Annam, 



Apparently it has never been taken as far west as the type locality, 

 but it probably came from farther east. In Java a closely related 

 form, M. g. butaloides, occurs, and there are several other forms found 

 on other islands to the east and west of Java. 



Robinson** records it from Koh Samui, off Bandon; and later ^'^ 

 from Pulo Langkawi, Butang, Nipis, and Tengah; also ** Koh Klum 

 and Koh Rang, southeastern Siam. De Schauensee " records it from 

 Tamuang March 8. 



PLATYLOPHUS GALERICULATUS ARDESIACUS (Cabanis) 



Lophocitta ardesiaca Cabanis, in Bonaparte, Conspectus avium, vol. 1, p. 374, 

 1850 (Java?); Museum Heineanum, vol. 1, p. 219, 1850 (Sumatra, error; 

 Malacca «*). 



Two males and three females, Bangnara, Patani, May 15, 28, 

 1924, July 3, 7, 1926; five males and one female, Kao Soi Dao, Trang, 

 January 4-22, 1934; two males and two females, Sichol, Bandon, 



" Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 5, p. 234, 1924. 



•< Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 5, p. 148, 1915. 



•• Journ. Federated Malay States Mus., vol. 7, p. 169, 1917. 



•• Ibis, 1915, p. 743. 



•' Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 221, 1934. 



M Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 324, 1024. 



