526 BULLETIN 17 2, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



PLOCEELLA HYPOXANTHA CHRYSAEA (Hume) 



Ploceus chrysaeus Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. 6, p. 399, 1878 (Tenasserim). 



Eleven males and five females, Bung Borapet, June 19-30, 1932. 



The males in this fine series when compared with two males from 

 Java have the edges of the mantle feathers of a more greenish, less 

 pure yellow; the pileum is darker on the average, and the chest is more 

 tinged with raw sienna. The mainland form is somewhat larger, 

 though a larger series from Java may not uphold this. 



Eleven males from Siam measure: Wing, 66-69 (67.5); tail, 49-56 

 (47.5) ;culmen, 15-16.5 (15.5) mm. Five females: Wing, 61-65.5 (61.9); 

 tail, 44.5-47 (45.5); culmen, 14-15 (14.4) mm. Two males from Java: 

 Wing, 65-65.5; tail, 47.5-51; culmen, 15.5-16 mm. 



No specimens from Sumatra have been available for examination. 

 The mainland form from Tenasserim northward is separated by a 

 wide stretch of territory where no birds of the genus are known to 

 occur, from the form that occurs in Java and Sumatra. 



P. h. chrysaea has been taken only in Siam at Bung Borapet and 

 Samkok. Herbert ^^ found it breeding in colonies at the latter place 

 from the first week in June until August 13, and he describes the nests 

 and eggs. 



The form ranges from Tenasserim to Upper Burma and Pegu, Siam, 

 Cambodia, and Cochinchina. 



A closely related form, P. h. hypoxantha (Sparrman) is found in 

 Sumatra and Java. 



PADDA ORYZIVORA (Linnaeus) 



Loxia oryzivora Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 302, 1766 (Asia and 

 Ethiopia; probably Java). 



One female, Bangkok, October 11, 1924. 



De Schauensee ^^ secured an immature male at Bangkok, Sep- 

 tember 23. 



These are the only two records for Siam known to me. 



A female was received from Dr. W. L. Abbott collected by C. Boden 

 Kloss at Singapore, March 14, 1900. 



This species has been introduced into so many parts of Asia and 

 Africa that it is rather hard to tell just what its original range was. 



Robinson " states it was probably originally wild in Java, Bali, 

 and Sumatra. 



It is now found wild in the Alalay States, central Siam, Indo-China, 

 southern China, the Philippines, St. Helena, and eastern Africa. 



" Joiirn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 119, 1923. 



M Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, vol. 81, p. 6fi0, 1930. 



" The birds of the Malay Peninsula, vol. 1, p. 288, 1927. 



