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case the name vernayi is available. Two males and a female from 

 southern Annam apparently belong to the northern form. 



Ten males from northern and eastern Siam measure: Wing, 111.5- 

 126 (116.5); tail, 73-84 (80); culmen, 18.5-21.5 (20.2) mm. Eleven 

 females from northern and eastern Siam: Wing, 112.5-118 (114.9); 

 tail, 76-87 (82.2); culmen, 19-20.5 (19.8) mm. 



The present form ranges from Nepal south through Assam and 

 Burma to northern and eastern Siam and southern Indo-China. 



TEPHRODORNIS GULARIS ANNECTENS Robinson and Kloss 



Tephrodornis pelvica subsp. annedens Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Federated 

 Malay States Mus., vol. 8, p. 222, 1918 (Lamra, Trang). 



Tephrodornis gularis frelensis Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Straits Branch Roy. 

 Asiat. Soc, 1920, p. 109 (Gunong Angsi, Negri Sembilan). 



One male, Bukit, Patani, January 26, 1931; one adult male, and 

 one immature male, Patalung, July 7, 1929; one female, Kao Soi Dao, 

 Trang, January 15, 1934; one female. Waterfall, Trang, August 24, 

 1933; two males, Ban Ta Yai, Nakon Sritamarat, July 8, 1928; one 

 male. Ban Huey Ta, Kao Luang, Nakon Sritamarat, July 18, 1928; 

 one female, Kao Luang, 2,000 feet, Nakon Sritamarat, July 21, 1928; 

 two males and one female, Koh Lak, June 15, 1933. Dr. Smith gives 

 the soft parts as: Bill black; feet plumbeous (adult male); bill dark 

 horn (immature male). 



Dr. W. L. Abbott collected six males and three females in Trang 

 (Prahmon, February 23-March 15, 1896; Tyching, May 25, 1896; near 

 Kok Sai, December 30, 1898; Trang, January 25-March 3, 1899). He 

 gives the soft parts as: (male) iris pale yellowish brown or pale green; 

 bm black; feet dark leaden. The female has the bill horny brown, tip 

 black. 



This series from Peninsular Siam is darker above and smaller than 

 birds from Koh Lak northward. As a matter of fact, specimens from 

 Koh Lak are more or less intermediate ; a little larger than specimens 

 from farther south and smaller than birds from the north, but on the 

 whole nearer the southern form. 



Thirteen males from Patani north to Koh Lak measure: Wing, 

 100.5-111.5 (106.2); tail, 66-76 (70.5); culmen, 18.5-21 (19.9) mm. 

 Eight females from Trang north to Koh Lak: Wing, 102.5-110 (105.8); 

 tail, 67.5-78 (72.3); culmen, 18-21 (19.9) mm. 



The form ranges from the Malay States northward to southern 

 Tenasserim and southwestern Siam. T. g. gularis (Raffles), of 

 Sumatra and Java, is smaller and darker. 



